Sentry Sentry 2.0 Operations Instructions download pdf (Page 3)

Contents

Basic Pointers . . . . . . . . . . 4

Which Instructions

Apply to Your Controller . . . . . . . . . . 4

Room Temperature and Humidity. . . 4

Thunder Storms and Power Surges . 4

Display Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

How to Get IdLE to Display . . . . . . . . 5

Firing Completion Message . . . . . . . 5

Repeat Firings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Thermocouple Inspection . . . . . . . . . 5

The “LId” Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Correcting Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1 / Cone Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 / Add Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

3 / Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

4 / Ramp Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

5 / Present Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

6 / Program Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

7 / Alarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

9 / Cone Numbers & Skip Segment . 7

Enter/Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

The Options Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

The Stop/Back Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Cone-Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Standard Schedules

Low Fire Cones 022 - 011. . . . . . . . 9

Middle Fire Cones 010 - 01 . . . . . . 9

High Fire Cones 1 - 10 . . . . . . . . . . 9

Speed (SPd) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Pre-Heat (PRHT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Hold (HOLd) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Cone-Fire Programming . . . . . . . . . 10

Slow Cooling (COOL) . . . . . . . . . . . 11

When the Kiln Shuts Off Too Soon . 11

For Kilns with AOP Outlet . . . . . . . . 11

Ramp-Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Definition of a Segment . . . . . . . . . . 12

Ramp-Hold Programming . . . . . . . . 13

User Programs (USER) . . . . . . . . . . 13

Firing a Stored User Program . . . . . 14

Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Hold (HOLd) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

AOP Fan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Segments for Controlled Cooling . . 14

Sample Firing Schedules . . . . . . . . 14

Cone-Fire Program Fired in

Ramp-Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Sculptured Stoneware Bisque

Firing Schedule, Cone 04. . . . . . . 14

Glass Fusing Firing Schedule . . . 15

Glass Slumping Firing Schedule . 15

Starting a Firing in a Hot Kiln. . . . . . 15

When the Kiln Shuts Off Too Soon . 15

Multiple Zone Kilns . . . . . 16

An Overview of Multiple

Zone Firing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Viewing Zone Temperatures . . . . . . 16

Two Zone Kilns: Adjust Heat in

Center Section (CAdJ). . . . . . . . . . . 16

Thermocouple Failure

In a Multiple Zone Kiln . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Power Output Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Testing Multiple Zone Elements . . . 16

Options: Cone-Fire. . . . . . 17

Cone-Fire Speed (Spd) . . . . . . . . . . 17

Cone Offset (OFST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Interpreting Cone Bending . . . . . . 18

When Cone Temperature

Is Off More Than 20°F/11°C . . . . . 18

Fan (FAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Options: General . . . . . . . 18

Thermocouple Offset (TCOS) . . . . . 18

Thermocouple Offset for

Ceramic Firings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Calibrating Thermocouple Offset

With a Digital Pyrometer. . . . . . . . 19

Setting Thermocouple Offset . . . . 19

Multiple Zone

Thermocouple Offset . . . . . . . . . . 19

Selecting °F or °C (CHG-) . . . . . . . . 19

°F/°C Temperature

Conversion Formula . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Thermocouple Type (TC) . . . . . . . . 19

AOP Outlet (AOP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Computer ID (ID) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Temperature Deviation (TEDE) . . . . 20

Maximum Temperature (SFTY) . . . . 20

Electronics Temperture (ELEC). . . . 20

Program Lock (LOCK) . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Configuration Code (CFG) . . . . . . . 21

Software Version (SOFT). . . . . . . . . 21

Element Test (TEST) . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Reset (RST) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Options: Multiple Zone . . 21

Zone Temperature

Difference (DIFF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Two Zone Kilns: Adjust Heat in

Center Section (CAdJ). . . . . . . . . . . 21

Zone Temperatures (T123) . . . . . . . 21

Error Messages . . . . . . . . 22

FTC / Failed to Cool. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

FTH / Failed to Heat. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

LTdE / Low Temperature

Deviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

PF / Power Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

BAdP / Bad Programming . . . . . . . . 22

ETH / Electronics Too Hot. . . . . . . . 22

FAIL / Thermocouple Failure . . . . . . 22

FTL / Firing Too Long . . . . . . . . . . . 22

HTdE / High Temperature

Deviation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

PF 2 / Power Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

PF 3 / Power Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

How the Sentry

Handles Power Failures. . . . . . . . . . 23

Using Ceramic Witness Cones

After an Extended Power Failure . 23

PLOG Error Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

TCdE / Uneven Multiple

Zone Temperatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

TCR / Thermocouple

Leads Reversed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Appendix A

Display Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Appendix B

Standard Cone-Fire Schedules. . . . 26

Appendix C

Upgrading the DTC 100, 600, 800 &

1000 to the Sentry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Appendix D

Orton Pyrometric Cone

Temperature Equivalents . . . . . . . . 30

Appendix E

Ramp-Hold Shorthand . . . . . . . . . . 31

Appendix F

Cone-Fire Shorthand . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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