EKO MS-321LR, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...tem you should first thoroughly read this manual Keep this manual on hand to read when necessary Sky Scanner MS 321LR Safety Precautions 1 Contents 2 General Description 3 Description of Components 4...

Page 2: ...hout fixing Gale or earthquake etc will drop the scanner and invite unexpected accidents Accidents or injury could occur if you install the scanner in a site where it is hard to perform maintenance Ca...

Page 3: ...5 3 Connection 7 5 4 Connection of optional extension cable 8 6 Settings 9 7 Software 9 7 1 How To Install 9 7 2 How To Uninstall 9 7 3 Name of Data File 9 7 4 Format of Data File 10 7 5 How To Use Th...

Page 4: ...ribution of both luminance and radiance in 4 5 minutes Measurements of 145 points are based on the CIE108 1994 recommendation CIE International Lighting Commission IDMP International Daylight Measurem...

Page 5: ...in a horizontal position Adjust the leveling foot to place an air bubble in the center of the level s circle Fixing holes for anchor bolt They will be used to fixe Sky Scanner Use the bolt M8 to attac...

Page 6: ...g Place Sky Scanner on the stable installation base that carries a load of 14kg Since Sky Scanner measures luminance and radiance of sky hemisphere install it to the place where nothing obstructs a vi...

Page 7: ...You can search true north by compass as mentioned above having object according to the accurate map of terrain and solar noon When turning on Sky Scanner tracker should point to South Then adjust the...

Page 8: ...ength when Sky Scanner is running Avoid cable from wrapping around getting tangle or putting an extra strain on the sensor Connect power connector to AC power supply with the cable Make sure the cable...

Page 9: ...s RS422 In this case RS422 RS232C exchanger is necessary Fig 3 1 Wiring of RS422 RS232C exchanger for extended communication cable Caution The label of cable is a kind of the signals from MS 321LR Fig...

Page 10: ...s this file 7 2 How To Uninstall To uninstall the software delete the program files named SkyScanner exe Since this software does not use system files such as DLL Dynamic Link Library deleting the pro...

Page 11: ...ngitude 140 d 8 0 m Latitude 36 d 3 0 m Timezone UTC 9 00 Unit kcd m 2 W sr m 2 1 2 145 L 10 20 00 10 24 18 0 01 0 03 0 02 20 56 27 67 R 10 20 00 10 24 18 0 00 0 00 0 00 20 56 27 67 L 10 40 00 10 24 1...

Page 12: ...and carry out every command by designating a menu item shown in the menu bar The menu bar does not have hidden mode Tool bar places tool buttons that allow easy starting up of well used functions Con...

Page 13: ...f printer setting Termination of the application X It terminates the application Display V Tool Bar T It selects whether to display the tool bar or not Status Bar S It selects whether to display the s...

Page 14: ...ent of icons A It arranges icons Measurement window It displays the name of the opened window Help H Version information of SkyScanner A It displays version information Tool Bar The following tool bar...

Page 15: ...ays solar azimuth angle of measurement time of the data displayed at latitude and longitude of the site Solar altitude angle It displays solar altitude angle of measurement time of the data displayed...

Page 16: ...r Finish Time Textbox Interval List box Site parameters Lat Lon Textbox It inputs latitude and longitude of the site It inputs north latitudes and east longitude as plus south latitude and west longit...

Page 17: ...the values are not set from this menu data will not be transformed into correct physical value luminance and radiance First use of the skyscanner and PC When a PC is changed Calibration values are cha...

Page 18: ...click tool button of the tool bar as shown in Figure 4 Store the data according to the instructions 6 Automatic Measurement Select Measurement 0 Start automatic measurement A from the file menu to ca...

Page 19: ...the channel number on the control bar by clicking cells of distribution display Contents of communication error will be described on the title bar of measurement program when power fails or is shut do...

Page 20: ...ribution of color Figure 10 Screen displayed during measurement 3 Change displaying method of data In the display of measurement data you can select from among only luminance only radiance and luminan...

Page 21: ...specified channel number Solar Azimuth It displays solar azimuth angle of measurement time and at the site Solar Altitude It displays solar azimuth angle of measurement time and at site Latitude It d...

Page 22: ...f of the silica gel changed into pink replace it with new one If you find reduction in performance of PC restart the program Restart PC once a month at least 9 9 Trouble Shooting Inspect the following...

Page 23: ...n a clockwise direction 42 15 24 From azimuth angle 15 of Ch85 to Ch108 in a counterclockwise direction 54 20 18 From azimuth angle 0 of Ch109 to Ch126 in a clockwise direction 66 30 12 From azimuth a...

Page 24: ...e 2 Measurement range 0 50kcd m2 Sensor Radiance sensor Aperture angle 11 Slope angle 1 Temperature dependency 0 1 Measurement range 0 300W m2 str Software Program name SkyScanner exe Operation system...

Page 25: ...ngs is attached Signal cable 2 length 80cm Communication cable 1 length 10m Power cable 1 length 10m CD ROM 1 Software SkyScanner exe and Instruction Manual are contained Storage case 1 set Options Eq...

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