Measurement Run - Xylem SI Analytics AVS 370 Manual De Instrucciones

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4.7.1.3 Viskosimeter
Viscometer name
Here, you select a viscometer. If you are not able to select a viscometer here, you must enter a
viscometer in the menu "System/Maintenance" – "Viscometer" (see  Section 4.11).
Viscometer type
This is an information field, which indicates the type of viscometer selected under "Viscometer
designation".
t - time [s]
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Shows the blind value t , which was either entered directly into the viscometer master data or which
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was most recently determined by means of the method t . In addition, it will show when the value was
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measured.
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Cap.-Const. [mm /s ]
Shows the value of the calibration constant of the viscometer from the viscometer master data.
4.7.1.4 File-Protocol
The results and all settings are logged in a csv file. You can select the name of the file in this input
field. You can check this data if you select the menu item "Excel" in the main menu: Then, the
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program "Excel". For this, "Excel" must be installed
respective csv file will be opened in the Microsoft
on the computer.
The csv is stored in the installation directory by default. If you wish to save in a different directory, e.g.
if there may be problems with the writing rights in the installation directory, the data path for dynamic
data can be changed. For this, you must make a change in the file "application.ini" in line 8 and the
files must be copied into the new directory.
Details for this procedure can be found in the instructions "ApplicationIniV383GE.pdf" on the
installation CD.
Regarding the log file and other possibilities for the documentation of results, see  Section 4.11.

4.7.2 Measurement run

Start the measurement by clicking on the "Start/Stop" key or switch to the "Overview" tab and click on
Start. You will receive an error message in case missing or incorrect data.
The measurement begins. Immediately after starting the measurement, the text on the "Start" key
changes to "Stop". If this key is pressed, the measurement will be stopped immediately and a note will
appear in the status field.
After ending the runs, the respective measuring values for the running times will be displayed. During
the measurement, you can switch to the Methods tab and look at the sample parameters.
If the measured values are outside the tolerance range listed under "Max. Deviation [%]", a new
measurement will be started. This will be the case until approx. 10 measurements have been reached.
Then the measurement will be stopped.
If you want to determine a constant or the t value, a screen will appear at the end of the measurement
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which will inquire whether the new constant/t value should be transferred to the database. In addition,
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the relative deviation from the old constant/t value will be indicated.
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