Vitrek XiTRON XT560, User Manual

Page 1: ...USER GUIDE XT560 Digital Milliohmmeter...

Page 2: ...2 XT560 Digital Milliohmmeter User Guide...

Page 3: ...tive as a result of misuse improper repair or abnormal conditions or operations repairs will be billed at cost Vitrek assumes no responsibility for its product being used in a hazardous or dangerous m...

Page 4: ...ation which is subject to change without notice The product s displays and manual text may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement is a trademark of Vitrek All oth...

Page 5: ...__________________ 14 Range Selection_____________________________________________ 14 HOLD Mode ________________________________________________ 15 Four Wire Measurement ______________________________...

Page 6: ...ntents Dimensions ________________________________________________ 23 APPENDIX B MEASUREMENT SPECIFICATIONS _______________________ 24 Specification ___________________________________________________...

Page 7: ..._______________________________ 14 Figure 5 Standing Position ________________________________________ 14 Figure 6 Stand as a Handle _______________________________________ 14 Figure 7 Changing Positi...

Page 8: ...fixed range The XT560 includes a set of Kelvin test clip leads for making four terminal measurements The XT560 is ideal for measuring wiring or cable resistances windings of motors or generators lamp...

Page 9: ...Introduction 9 High Accuracy 0 05 Auto Manual Function RS 232 Interface Standard Measurement Speed 10 samples sec HOLD REL Function...

Page 10: ...on This chapter describes the operation and interfaces of the XT560 Digital Milliohmmeter Front Panel The front panel of the XT560 is shown in Figure 1 below FRONT PANEL DIAGRAM Figure 1 Front Panel X...

Page 11: ...601 digital ohm meter is a 6 digit 0 56 numerical LED display The following characters indicate the unit of the value displayed M Mega 1 106 ADDR Address K Kilo 1 103 REL Relative m Milli 1 10 3 CAL C...

Page 12: ...ar Panel Refer to Figure 2 1 RS 232 Connector 2 Power Line Cord Connector AC 90 264V 50 60Hz 3 Fuse for power 250V 1A 4 Fuse for input 250V 0 5A Figure 2 Rear Panel Replacement fuses must be the same...

Page 13: ...Figure 3 Meter Dimensions Stand Operation There are 3 positions for the XT560 stand Figures 4 5 and 6 illustrate the XT560 with the stand fully retracted horizontally as a stand and as a handle Figure...

Page 14: ...igure 7 Changing Positions Using the Meter Range Selection The XT560 digital milliohmmeter has two ranging modes Manual and Auto The measurement range can be selected using either auto range by pressi...

Page 15: ...HOLD Mode When the XT560 is operating in the display hold mode pressing the HOLD key allows the user to take a measurement and hold that measurement value on the display Press the HOLD key again to re...

Page 16: ...riod of time as specified in Reference Table 1 Then press the SHIFT and TRIG keys at the same time 4 Connect the Resistor Standard to the meter in a 4 wire configuration refer to Figure 9 Wait for a p...

Page 17: ...LD 1 30 0 3 sec SHIFT TRIG SHIFT HOLD 10 300 0 3 sec SHIFT TRIG SHIFT HOLD 100 3K 0 3 sec SHIFT TRIG SHIFT HOLD 1k 30K 0 3 sec SHIFT TRIG SHIFT HOLD 10k 300K 0 3 sec SHIFT TRIG SHIFT HOLD 100k 3M 0 5...

Page 18: ...18 Calibration Figure 9 Calibration with Resistor Standard...

Page 19: ...he RS 232 interface can only be performed from the front panel To change the baud rate perform the following Press and hold the SHIFT key then press the REL to display the present communication rate A...

Page 20: ...Sub Command1_Click send command to XT560 MSComm1 Output VAL Chr 13 delay 1 second to read XT560 Timer1 Enabled True End Sub Private Sub Form_Load set serial port MSComm1 InputMode comInputModeText MS...

Page 21: ...n the lamp is on HOLDCLR Meter exits HOLD mode and display returns to normal operation REL Meter reads resistance as a relative value In REL operation auto range is disabled RELCLR Meter exits the rel...

Page 22: ...22 Local and Remote Operation RANGE Sets the display to the range from 1 to 9 as shown in the table below Range Value Ohms range 1 300m 2 3 3 30 4 300 5 3k 6 30k 7 300k 8 3M 9 30M...

Page 23: ...Specifications subject to change without notice Environment Operating 0 C to 50 C 80 RH non condensing Storage 20 C to 70 C non condensing Altitude Equivalent Atmospheric pressures and air densities...

Page 24: ...r Supply AC 90 264V 50 60Hz 15VA RS 232 Baud rates 300 2400 9600 No parity one Stop bit Range Test Range Resolution Test Current Accuracy 300 00m 0 01m 330 00m 10 DC 100mA 0 05 20digits 3 0000 0 0001...