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User Guide
User Guide
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Table of Contents
Operating Instructions for intelliRock II _______________________________________________ 3
Reader Overview _________________________________________________________________ 3
Reader Configuration ______________________________________________________________ 4
Entering alpha-numeric text using the intelliRock II keypad ______________________________ 5
Setting the Time & Date __________________________________________________________ 5
Setting Temperature Units ________________________________________________________ 5
Adjusting the Display Contrast _____________________________________________________ 5
Erasing Reader Data ____________________________________________________________ 5
Basic Logger Operations ___________________________________________________________ 6
Starting a logger________________________________________________________________ 6
Viewing Current Temperature & Maturity Data from the logger ___________________________ 11
Advanced Logger/Reader Operation _________________________________________________ 12
Adding Notes and Events _______________________________________________________ 12
Viewing Historical Logger Data as a Graph __________________________________________ 16
Stopping a logger ______________________________________________________________ 19
Viewing logger model number ____________________________________________________ 19
intelliRock II Reader PC Interface Software ___________________________________________ 20
Software for intelliRock: Version 1.6 - W indows 2000 & W indows XP _______________________ 20
PC Hardware & Software Requirements ____________________________________________ 20
Windows XP and W indows 2000 Quick Start Guide _____________________________________ 20
Quick Start - Installing USB Drivers under W indows XP and W indows 2000 __________________ 22
Start intelliRock and Download Logger Data from Your Reader ____________________________ 22
Updating Reader Software_________________________________________________________ 23
Trouble-Shooting and Technical Support ____________________________________________ 25
Reader Not Found Problem ______________________________________________________ 25
Conflicts W ith Palm Pilot PDA HotSync Software _____________________________________ 25
Scan Ports Tool _______________________________________________________________ 28
Installing New Batteries in the Reader _______________________________________________ 29
How to Install New Batteries _______________________________________________________ 29
Technical Support Contact Information ______________________________________________ 30
Operating Trees _________________________________________________________________ 31
Doc #: 10100017A
17 August 2005
Several configurations are available to meet most applications and custom configurations are available
to satisfy any specification. For a complete list of available loggers, contact an intelliRock
representative.
Reader Overview
The figure on the next page shows the general layout of the reader. The reader has two connectors.
The connector on the top is the logger connector.
The connector on the side of the reader is for interfacing to a PC and other devices.
The eight-line display area provides these indicators:
The intelliRock system status line is on the top line of the display.
The upper left text is the menu name, which differs depending on the status of the logger
connected to the reader, if any.
The number with the # symbol is the serial number of the connected logger. The logger icon is
present if a logger is connected. The Logger Mode icon indicates the status of the connected
logger (Hourglass=Standby, R=Run, S=Stopped). The locked/unlocked symbol indicated if the
logger operation has been locked.
The battery icon gradually turns from black to transparent to indicate the readers battery level.
Navigation through the menu system is accomplished using the function keys, F1 thru F5. When a
number needs to be entered the numeric keys on the keypad become active. When text is expected,
the keypads alpha keys and numbers become active.
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Reader Configuration
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Note 1: When entering a letter that is on the same key as the previous letter you must pause for one second to wait for
the cursor to advance to the next letter.
Note 2: When text is expected, the keyboard automatically enters the alpha mode. In alpha mode letters are selected
when pressing a key before the number is selected. For example, if there are three letters on the key along with the
number that you would like to enter, then press the key four times. If a text entry box expects a number, then the
keypad is automatically switched into numeric mode, where only the numbers on the keypad are active.
Starting loggers
Reading loggers
Starting a logger
To start a logger, connect the logger to the red/black terminals on the top of the reader.
Press the ON key to start the reader. The reader will automatically detect the logger.
When the logger is detected, the reader menu changes to the Standby logger menu as shown
below:
To start the logger, press F2 on the keypad
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NOTES:
Once a logger has been started and runs for 60 minutes, it goes into data lock mode where it cannot
be stopped or its operation interfered with.
A logger will immediately start without an option to enter additional information by holding down
the ENTER key while pressing F2.
After pressing F2, the following screen pictured below will appear:
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After entering the location, the reader will prompt the user to
enter the Datum value, as shown in the reader depicted to the
right:
To enter a new Datum value, simply type the corresponding
digits on the reader keypad and press the ENTER key. To
accept the default Datum value of 0 C, simply pres s the
ENTER key.
After completing this operation, the logger will be in RUN
mode and the logger will immediately begin logging data.
The reader display will indicate that the logger is in RUN
mode, as illustrated below:
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The logger will continue to log data for a predetermined interval depending on the model number.
Once complete, the logger will automatically enter Stopped mode. Data can be retrieved at any
time for the remainder of the loggers battery life (typically over 1 year).
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After pressing the F5 key from the STARTUP menu, the ADVANCED menu will appear, as pictured
below.
To view historical logger data press the F3 key on the reader keypad. When this function is selected,
all of the data is downloaded from the logger, as indicated by the display:
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It may take several seconds for the reader to download the logger data. Once data download is
complete, the display will appear as follows:
You can change the parameters that control how much data
is displayed per screen by pressing F1 to view more time per
screen, or F2 to view less time. To accept the default value
of one days set of data per screen, simply press the ENTER
key.
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The reader will now display the first screen of data in graphical mode:
If there is more data than can appear on one screen, MORE will
appear in the upper right corner of the display. To see the next
set of data, press the MORE key on the keypad. To scroll
through all data available for display, continue to press the
MORE key, or press the CANCEL key to exit the graph. When
the final screen of data is being displayed, the word DONE will
appear in the upper right corner of the display, as pictured below:
Stopping a logger
Once a logger has been started, it may be stopped and reset only during the first hour of operation.
To stop a logger, select the Stop Logger option in the Advanced menu. Once a logger has been
stopped it must be Reset from the Advanced menu before it can be restarted.
After 1 hour of logging the logger will lock itself. After that time data can be added to the logger
and data can be retrieved, however the overall operation of the logger cannot be altered. Once the
logger is locked, a lock icon appears in the status line.
Viewing logger model number
From the Notes menu, selecting Logger Info will display the logger model number, along with
other useful logger information.
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Insert the intelliRock CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. If it does not run automatically,
click the Windows Start button and choose Run. In the field that appears, enter the drive
letter of your CD-ROM drive as follows. For example if your CD-ROM drive uses letter D,
enter D:\setup.exe
Note: First Time Installation May Take Longer
If the following hourglass appears, please be patient, this step may take up to ten minutes.
The Welcome screen should appear next.
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Press Next
4. Select Install Destination
After reading, click the Next button
Press Next
5. Ready to Install
After reading, click the Next button
Press Next
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1. Finished
A progress bar will display and the install program will begin copying and installing the required
files. This may take several minutes. After the intelliRock software has been successfully installed,
the following screen will appear. Click the Finish button.
USB drivers must be installed before you intelliRock can communicate with the intelliRock reader.
Please see next section.
Press Finish
Quick Start - Installing USB Drivers under Windows XP and Windows 2000
The following section will guide you through the installation of the USB drivers under Windows XP
and Windows 2000. The USB drivers are needed for intelliRock to communicate with your reader.
1. Connect the Reader to Your PC Using the Supplied USB Cable
The intelliRock reader comes with a special USB cable to connect it to your PC. Connect the round
connector of the USB cable to your intelliRock reader. Lock the connector ring by pressing inwards
while turning clockwise. Connect the other end to an open USB port on your computer.
2. Turn on the Reader
Press the intelliRock II reader ON button. After a short delay Windows should detect the intelliRock
II reader.
You should normally see a several Found New Hardware message popup informing you that
Windows has found new hardware. Before starting intelliRock, please wait a minute until no new
popups display.
Start intellirock Software and Download Logger Data from Your Reader
Look for the new intelliRock icon on your desktop. Double-click to start. Connect your
intelliRock reader to your computer using the supplied USB cable. Turn on your reader
at anytime and the intelliRock software will automatically download your logger data.
Please select intelliRock Help from the Help menu for further information on how to use intelliRock.
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Press Yes
Step 1:
Press the Next button
Press Next
Step 2:
Press the Next button
Press Next
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Step 3:
Press the Next button to begin the update.
Press Next
Step 4:
When 100% complete, the reader will turn off. After it turns off, press any button on the reader to turn on.
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Make sure you are using either Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
Make sure reader is turned-on. Press any key on the hand held reader to turn it on.
If the intelliRock II reader is not at the opening menu because any intelliRock II reader keypad
buttons were intentionally or accidentally pressed, the reader may stop communicating with
intelliRock. If in doubt, turn the intelliRock II reader off and then back on to return the intelliRock
II reader back to the opening menu. Click here for directions on how to turn the intelliRock II
reader off.
Check both ends of the USB cable. Use a USB port that you know is working.
On the reader end of the USB cable, make sure the cable connector is all the way down and
connector ring is locked-down. The intelliRock II reader has a locking connector and sometimes
it can appear to be locked while it is not. To lock the connector, push-in while turning clockwise.
Try disconnecting the USB cable from the PC for five seconds before reconnecting.
Make sure reader batteries are not empty. A reader icon displayed at the upper right corner of
the screen indicates battery life. If the battery icon is not black in the center it is empty and new
batteries will need to be installed.
Try turning on the intelliRock II reader first, before starting intelliRock. This should not help
newer version of the software. On the older version 1.1 software this sometimes helped under
Windows XP.
Try running Scan Ports from the intelliRock->Tools folder. When the reader is connected and
turned on you should see a USB COM port appear. If it does not, and you have checked all
your connections, try uninstalling and reinstalling the USB drivers.
If you are using a notebook computer docking bay, try using a direct USB port located on the
notebook computer
If you use a PDA such as a Palm Pilot that interfaces to your computer using a serial port, try
disabling the synchronizing software. There is a bug in the Palm Pilot HotSync software that
results in HotSync opening the USB/serial port used by the intelliRock II reader and refusing to
release it.
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If you wish to investigate this further, please contact PalmOne. To troubleshoot this issue,
PalmOne recommends completely uninstalling and reinstalling Palm Desktop Software. Please
follow the steps mentioned below. Again, the simple work around to this problem is to disable the
HotSync software.
Before removing the Palm Desktop and HotSync Manager software from your computer, you must
first back up your user data. Followed by a normal uninstall, delete the 'Palm' folder, perform a
search for "palm" and "hotsync", delete the results, and finally remove the Palm software entries in
the Windows 'Registry'.
Use the following instructions to backup your Palm Desktop user data:
1. Ensure that Palm Desktop is closed.
2. Double click the 'My Computer' icon on the 'Windows Desktop', or in the 'Start' menu.
3. Open the 'C:' drive, or the drive under which Windows and the Palm software resides.
4. Double click on the 'Palm' folder to open it
5. Right click on the ['username'] folder (Note: the ['username'] folder may be a truncated
version of your actual user name) and select 'Copy'.
6. Minimize all currently open windows.
7. Right click on an empty part of the 'Windows Desktop' and choose 'Paste'.
Use the following instructions to uninstall the Palm Desktop software:
1. Close all applications and screens on the computer.
2. Click 'Start' on Windows and select 'Settings', then 'Control Panel'.
3. Double click on 'Add/Remove Programs'.
4. Scroll down and select 'Palm Desktop'.
5. Click the 'Add/Remove' button and Palm Desktop should uninstall.
Use the following instructions to delete the Palm (or Pilot) folder:
1. Double click the 'My Computer' icon on the 'Windows Desktop', or in the 'Start' menu.
2. Select the 'C:' drive, or the drive under which Windows and the Palm software resides.
3. Right click on the 'Palm' folder and select 'Delete'.
Use the following instructions to find and delete all 'Palm' and 'HotSync' files.
1. Click 'Start' on Windows and select 'Find', or 'Search', then 'Files and Folders'
2. In the 'Named' window, type 'palm.*', click 'Find Now', or 'Search Now'.
3. Delete any files found. (With the exception of Internet shortcuts)
4. Repeat the search using 'hotsync.*' and delete any files you may find.
Use the following instructions to remove Palm Desktop and HotSync Manager registry
entries:
1. Close all screens and applications.
2. Click 'Start', then 'Run'.
3. Type 'regedit' and click 'OK'.
4. Click 'Registry' in the upper left and select 'Export Registry File'.
5. Set the directory where you are saving the registry file to the 'Desktop'.
6. Enter a name for the file, and select 'All' under the 'Export range'.
7. Click 'Save', and verify that the backup file has been created on the 'Desktop'.
8. Choose the '+' symbol next to 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER' to expand the folder.
9. Now expand the 'Software' folder by clicking on the '+' symbol.
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Make sure your intelliRock II reader is turned off before starting the Scan Ports tool.
With the ScanPorts tool displayed, turn on the intelliRock II reader, wait a fifteen seconds,
and turn it off.
NOTE: If you did not see a COM port appearing and disappearing, in the below example "COM4", then
something is wrong with either the connection to the intelliRock II reader or the USB driver installation.
If you have checked your connection, turn off the intelliRock II reader and tried uninstalling and
reinstalling the FTDI USB drivers. After which try running the ScanPorts tool once again.
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Caution: Please be careful of the battery holder metal edges and corners
which can be sharp.
H o w t o In s t a ll N e w B a t t e r ie s
1. Position the intelliRock II reader face down (bottom-side up)
2. Using a Phillips screwdriver remove the six screws from the bottom side being careful to retain
the nylon washers.
3. Carefully open the case being very careful not to disconnect or pull on any wires. Please note
the position of the waterproof o-ring gasket installed between the two half's of the handheld
case.
4. Carefully extract the old batteries and replace with new.
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Company.
Impact Test Equipment Ltd
Address.
Building 21, Stevenston Industrial Est
Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3LR
Scotland, United Kingdom
Phone.
+44 (0) 1294 602626
Fax.
+44 (0) 1294 461168
Email.
sales@impact-test.co.uk
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Operating Trees
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