Curtis Instruments 1313, Manual

Page 1: ...n 38798 Rev A March 2011 2011 CURTIS INSTRUMENTS INC 1313 M O D E L CURTIS INSTRUMENTS INC 200 Kisco Avenue Mt Kisco New York 10549 USA Tel 914 666 2971 Fax 914 666 2188 www curtisinstruments com HANDHELD PROGRAMMER ...

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Page 3: ...ructure 8 Types of Menu Items 9 The Nine Menus 10 4 SYSTEM INFO MENU 11 5 PARAMETERS MENU 12 6 MONITOR MENU 15 7 DIAGNOSTICS MENU 16 8 PROGRAMMING MENU 18 Save CPF File 18 Restore CPF File 22 9 FAVORITES MENU 24 10 HHP SETTINGS MENU 27 11 FILE MANAGER 31 12 PLOT LOG 33 13 USING THE KEYBOARD 34 14 TAKING SCREENSHOTS 35 15 WORKING OFFLINE 36 16 UPDATING THE PROGRAMMER S SOFTWARE 38 APPENDIX A File T...

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Page 5: ...uously shows time date connection status and access level Easy navigation Screen displays and the programmer s key layout are designed to work together to provide intuitive navigation Convenient parameter adjustment Youcaneasilyadjustawiderangeofparameterstocustomizevehicleperformance These settings can then be saved as a unique cpf file and stored Multiple cpf files can be stored and restored as ne...

Page 6: ...n SD card provides additional memory capacity This is where any screenshots you take will be stored SD cards can be used to deliver software upgrades and can be used in multiple programmers to install identical software Batteries Two AA batteries provide power for use without a connected system they also ensure that the programmer s real time clock keeps running Favorites The Favorites function al...

Page 7: ...e to connect the programmer to the motor controller USB connector Use this connector with a USB cable to connect the programmer to a PC Batteries A compartment on the underside of the unit holds two AA batteries Power is supplied to the programmer by the controller The batteries in the programmer keep its real time clock running SD card SD cards provide additional memory and are a con venient inte...

Page 8: ...er s charger programmer port The programmer automatically powers up and displays this screen while it loads information from the controller Once the programmer has uploaded the information from the controller it displays the Main Menu If the controller is not turned on when the programmer is connected you can power up the programmer by pressing the Power key the message No System detected will be ...

Page 9: ...er Service and User Each programmer can access data at its own level and the levels below it OEM Dealer Service User icon indicating access level softkey text line optional 1313 battery state of charge time and date content area this example shows the Main Menu which consists of nine individual menu icons To perform an action suggested in the softkey text press the blank softkey located directly b...

Page 10: ... options pressing the softkey under the will scroll to another set of options Arrow keys With these four keys you can scroll up and down and right and left within the display In the Main Menu you can use the arrow keys to highlight one of the menus you then open the highlighted menu using the Select softkey Within menus other than the Main Menu the left arrow key is used to navigate backwards With...

Page 11: ...it has timed out and shut itself off pressing the Power key will turn it on again Favorites This key is an alternate way to bring up the Favorites menu You can access the Favorites menu by selecting its icon in the Main Menu or by using the Favorites key See the Favorites menu section for more information Screenshots By pressing the Power key and then the Favorites key you can take a screenshot of...

Page 12: ... as calibration At any point you can use the left arrow key to navigate back to the previous screen It is possible to limit this left arrow key function using the Exit menus with left arrow item in the HHP Settings menu see Section 10 Menu structure Each of the nine root menus displays the menu name in bold type at the top of the screen beside the menu icon As you move within a hierarchical menu t...

Page 13: ...ol also appears on pop up screens Foldersindicatesubmenus pressingtheright arrowkeyopensthefolder Often there are submenus nested within submenus Remember you can use the left arrow key to navigate back out of nested menus These items are settings that you can adjust with the and keys They may be numerical values or yes no choices or even multiple choices with the and keys used to cycle through th...

Page 14: ...ENU ORGANIZATION The nine menus As shown on the Main Menu screen the 1313 programmer organizes its dataset into nine menus System Info Parameters Monitor Diagnostics Programming Favorites HHP Settings File Manager Plot Log The next nine sections of the manual describe these nine menus ...

Page 15: ...nu You can return to the Main Menu by pressing the Main Menu key The System Info menu opens directly to a detail screen providing infor mation about the motor controller to which the programmer is connected scrollbar The sliding bar at the right of the screen indicates there are more items than those shown Use the down arrow key to scroll down to see the rest of the list One of one 1 1 detail scre...

Page 16: ...ate through this complex menu using the arrow keys keys and softkeys as described in Section 2 The parameters shown depend on the controller model and on the access level of your handheld programmer The Help function provides concise information about each parameter To access the Help function press the Help key Refer to your controller manual for additional information about the various parameter...

Page 17: ...e Forward Max parameter shown above has a range of 0 00 to 5 00 volts in 0 01V increments With the 10 softkey you can change the setting from 4 50 to 4 40 in one jump instead of ten or with the 100 softkey you can change the setting from 4 50 to 3 50 in one jump instead of a hundred jumps For parameters with narrow ranges for example a parameter that can be set to 1 through 5 the softkeys allow yo...

Page 18: ...ch is unlikely or unless you have saved them To save your parameter settings use the Save cpf File function in the Programming menu see Section 8 Your parameter settings will then be saved in a cpf file You can save as many cpf files as you desire and you can create unique names for them If you prefer each cpf can automatically be given a name consisting of the date and time when it was created see ...

Page 19: ...manual for additional information about the various monitored variables As in the Parameters menu you can highlight an item and use the right arrow key to see an expanded item screen typically a bar graph indicating where the present value of that item lies within its range Softkeys available in Monitor menu Add to is available for each monitored item This softkey takes you to a screen where you c...

Page 20: ... press the Help key for further information The Help text presents possible causes of the fault and possible actions to remedy the fault Note Sometimes the fault circuits catch a temporary event that is not a true fault in the system it is always a good idea to turn the control system off and back on again to see whether the fault clears by itself Present Faults folder All existing faults are list...

Page 21: ... fault and the next fault within the Present Faults or Fault History folder without returning to the folder list to select it Clear All is used to empty the Fault History folder This softkey appears only when the Fault History folder is highlighted The Exit option appears when a Help screen is displayed Alternatively you can use the left arrow key to exit these screens 7 DIAGNOSTICS MENU ...

Page 22: ...er settings files cpf files The Programming root menu looks like this 8 PROGRAMMING MENU 8 There are no softkeys on this screen To choose whether who want to Save or Restore a cpf file open the folder for the operation you want to perform Save cpf File When you adjust parameter values using the Parameters menu each value you set becomes that parameter s new value overwriting its previous set value Us...

Page 23: ...e as many cpf files as you d like each with a unique file name After you open the Save cpf File folder in the root menu you will see a screen identifying the controller whose parameter settings you are saving When you press the Save CPF softkey this pop up message appears 8 PROGRAMMING MENU Save cpf File After selecting OK you are given your choice of which memory to use ...

Page 24: ... open its folder You will then see a list of the present contents of that memory which might look like this 8 PROGRAMMING MENU Save cpf File If you select Save the highlighted file will be replaced overwritten by the new one you are saving using the existing filename Whenever you select Save as the screen will show a keyboard Above the keyboard is the field for the file name The initial contents of th...

Page 25: ...y assigned name Folder or to create a new name When you are finished press the OK softkey Next when you press the Save as softkey you will see the keyboard screen again and this time you will be naming the cpf file that will be saved inside the new folder While the new cpf file is being saved whether you used the Save as Save or New Folder method you will see progress bars in this example the 2 6 abo...

Page 26: ...s example the desired file is in a folder named CPF files on the SD card After you highlight a cpf file and choose Restore a pop up screen will ask whether you want to enable Advanced Cloning yes no This screen does not appear on User level and Service level programmers Without Advanced Cloning if you select No a Dealer level programmer will restore only those parameters up to and including Dealer le...

Page 27: ... restore process Finally you will see a progress bar during the restore process 8 PROGRAMMING MENU Restore cpf File There may be a series of these progress bars Above the right end of the progress bar you will see a number in this example the number 2 14 is telling you this is the second of fourteen progress bars When the restore process is complete a pop up screen will let you know that you must ...

Page 28: ...y navigating through the entire Parameters and Monitor menus You can add any item or folder in the Parameters or Monitor menu to your Favorites collection You can then rename the item or folder you have added to your Favorites collection or you can leave the original name When you add a ready made folder from the Parameters or Monitor menu the folder icon will appear in the Favorites menu with a s...

Page 29: ...s the new item to your Favorites collection If you have changed your mind use the Cancel softkey to return to the item you just came from within the Parameters or Monitor menu The New Folder softkey allows you to create a new folder in which to put the item you are adding to your collection You will first go the keyboard see section ss where you can either OK the default name Folder or create a new...

Page 30: ...ameters or Monitor menu when you first pressed the Add to softkey Accessing Favorites using Main Menu or Favorites key The Cancel Add and Finish softkeys do not appear when you go directly to the Favorites menu You can change the settings of your Favorite parameters while you are in the Favorites menu it is not necessary to be in the Parameters menu to do this The 10 and 100 softkeys pressed togeth...

Page 31: ...time by pressing the Main Menu key This menu allows you to adjust the appearance of the screen displays and also several aspects of the handheld programmer s functionality A slider on the right hand side of the screen indicates there are more items in this menu than can fit on the screen When you reach the last item shown continue pressing the down arrow key to view the rest of the items HHP SETTIN...

Page 32: ... Off for silent programmer operation Auto Poweroff battery You can set the idle time before the programmer will automatically power off when it is powered by its own batteries i e when the control system is not running or when the programmer is not connected to the control system Auto Poweroff ext You can set the idle time before the programmer will automatically power off when it is powered by th...

Page 33: ...ly filled with the date and time in this format YYYY_MM_DD_HHMM Date Time Keyboard help text When set to On every time you enter the keyboard screen a pop up explains how to use the keyboard When set to Off no pop up appears as you enter the keyboard screen but you can still use the Help key at any time Remember Last View When set to On when you select a menu from the Main Menu screen you will be r...

Page 34: ... Minute allow you to set the date and the time for your time zone About Thisfoldercontainsinformationabouttheprogrammersimilartowhatisshown in the System Info menu for each of the modules in the control system model number software version hardware version serial number etc Softkeys available in HHP Settings menu The Save softkey allows you to save your settings to a new hps handheld programmer se...

Page 35: ...y softkey then highlight the location where you want to place this copy and press the Paste softkey If the destination location is a folder you must open the folder right arrow key before inserting the copied item Move files and folders Highlight the item you would like to move press the Move softkey then highlight the location where you want to place this item and press the Insert softkey This is ...

Page 36: ...ou will be given the options of Insert or Cancel Note that in order to paste or insert a file or folder into a folder you must first open the destination folder using the right arrow key Delete allows you to delete a highlighted file or folder Rename allows you to change the name of a highlighted file or folder after you press this softkey you will see the Rename Create keyboard New Folder creates a n...

Page 37: ... pressing the Main Menu key Through the Plot and Log menu you can plot real time variables using the Plot program or create a log of variable values to view later in a spreadsheet program on your PC With these tools you can observe how adjustable parameters behave in various scenarios for example __________ 12 PLOT LOG 12 Show a sample plot screen here with some text about what is happening This s...

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Page 39: ...s the first letter in the original name is highlighted and so is the corresponding letter on the keyboard As you move around on the keyboard this letter is replaced by whichever letter is highlighted on the keyboard When the letter you want is shown use the key to move on to the next letter Softkeys available when keyboard is displayed ABC abc is a toggle press this softkey to change it to abc ABC ...

Page 40: ...9999 and are stored on the SD memory card You can take a screenshot of any display screen If you take a screenshot of a screen that is asking you to make a choice such as yes no you may not see the confirmation that the screenshot was taken until after you make the requested choice You can rename your screenshots after you load them into a PC You can delete them from the SD card if you want the aut...

Page 41: ...ittle differently Programmer unconnected To work offline with the programmer unconnected the programmer must have batteries Turn on the programmer using the power key When the program mer powers up the screen will display the red slash indicating that no system is connected Press the Go Offline softkey When you first enter offline mode you must first choose whether to work within the programmer s inter...

Page 42: ...Main Menu A pop up screen asks you to confirm that you want to change to online mode Press the OK softkey and you then see the Wait for System message Switch on the system and you will be in online mode If you switch on the control system before pressing the Go Online softkey you will still be in offline mode You can press the Go Online softkey now and then confirm that you want to be in online mode ...

Page 43: ...ves Alternatively if you prefer you can insert the SD card alone into the PC and copy the new files onto it It doesn t matter if you copy the extra access level files because only the files appropriate for your programmer s own access level will be installed Note In order for the programmer to access the new files they must not be inside a folder Installing new firmware into the system If the new firmwa...

Page 44: ...ou would select Yes However if you are planning to make the identical update to a group of programmers you could select No and then transfer the SD card from programmer to programmer If there is a new Resource file it will be copied automatically after the Application upgrade Do not remove the SD card during the Resource file transfer If the new firmware is in the programmer s internal memory Unplug ...

Page 45: ...ect the programmer to a system menu cache files are created The 1314 PCPS uses these files to reduce the connecting time hap Programmer software files These files contain the application software for the hand held programmer hfc Favorites files These files contain customized Favorites collections hfm Firmware Manager files These files manage how new handheld programmer soft ware is installed hps Programme...

Page 46: ...4409 OEM programmer 1313 3309 Dealer programmer 1313 2209 Service programmer 1313 1109 User programmer Operating ambient temp range 20 C to 50 C 4 F to 122 F Storage ambient temperature range 40 C to 85 C 40 F to 185 F Package environmental rating IP53 with programmer cable plugged in and SD card cover closed Weight 0 27 kg 0 6 lb Dimensions L W H 190 100 36 mm 7 5 3 9 1 4 Regulatory compliance Ro...