Vaisala HUMICAP HM70 User Manual

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    User's guide vaisala humicap® hand-held humidity and temperature meter hm70 m210297en-e.

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    Published by vaisala oyj phone (int.): +358 9 8949 1 p.O. Box 26 fax: +358 9 8949 2227 fin-00421 helsinki finland visit our internet pages at http://www.Vaisala.Com/ © vaisala 2007 no part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical (including photocopying)...

  • Page 3: Table of Contents

    ________________________________________________________________________________ vaisala ________________________________________________________________________ 1 table of contents chapter 1 general information ............................................................................ 5 about thi...

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    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 2 ___________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e selecting language.............................................................24 automatic power off ...................................

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    ________________________________________________________________________________ vaisala ________________________________________________________________________ 3 field checking and adjustment by using a calibrated reference probe ................................................................. 50...

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    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 4 ___________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e typical ranges....................................................................72 accuracies of calculated variables..................

  • Page 7: General Information

    Chapter 1 ________________________________________________________ general information vaisala ________________________________________________________________________ 5 chapter 1 general information about this manual this manual provides information for operating, and maintaining the vaisala humica...

  • Page 8: Caution

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 6 ___________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e caution caution warns you of a potential hazard. If you do not read and follow instructions carefully at this point, the product could...

  • Page 9: Warranty

    Chapter 1 ________________________________________________________ general information vaisala ________________________________________________________________________ 7 warranty vaisala hereby represents and warrants all products manufactured by vaisala and sold hereunder to be free from defects in...

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  • Page 11: Product Description

    Chapter 2 ________________________________________________________ product description vaisala ________________________________________________________________________ 9 chapter 2 product description vaisala humicap ® hand-held temperature and humidity meter hm70 hm70 consists of two main units: mi7...

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    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 10 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e 2) t d shows dewpoint over water throughout the entire measurement range. Figure 1 mi70 indicator 1 recharger connector 2 connector po...

  • Page 13: Hmp75 Probe

    ________________________________________________________________ product description vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 11 figure 2 hmp75, hmp76, and hmp77 probes 3 hmp75 probe basic probe for relative humidity and temperature measurement preheat and chem...

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  • Page 15: Preparations Before Use

    Chapter 3 ____________________________________________________ preparations before use vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 13 chapter 3 preparations before use installing and recharging the batteries 1. If you are using alkaline batteries, remove the back ...

  • Page 16: Turning On The Device

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 14 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e turning on the device 1. Connect the probe to the either of the base connectors of the indicator. 2. Press the button to turn on the d...

  • Page 17: Taking Measurements

    Chapter 4 ______________________________________________________ taking measurements vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 15 chapter 4 taking measurements if you are starting the hm70 for the first time, see chapter 3 preparations before use first. To take ...

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    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 16 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e beware of temperature differences in humidity measurement and especially in calibration it is essential that temperature of the probe ...

  • Page 19: Buttons, Displays and Menus

    Chapter 5 _________________________________________________ buttons, displays and menus vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 17 chapter 5 buttons, displays and menus buttons and navigation figure 4 mi70 buttons press down the power on/off button until the i...

  • Page 20: Basic Display

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 18 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e basic display figure 5 mi70 basic display 1. Selected quantities. Up to three of the quantities can be selected at a time. - rh relati...

  • Page 21: Graphical Display

    Chapter 5 _________________________________________________ buttons, displays and menus vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 19 graphical display graphical display shows you the measurements in a form of curve. From the curve you can examine the data trend ...

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  • Page 23: Settings

    Chapter 6 __________________________________________________________________settings vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 21 chapter 6 settings pressure setting when measuring in pressurized environments, the actual process pressure value must be given to t...

  • Page 24: Display Settings

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 22 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e display settings → quantities and units all the quantities and units are shown in page 9. 1. Open the menu; press open. 2. Select disp...

  • Page 25: Hold/save Display

    Chapter 6 __________________________________________________________________settings vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 23 hold/save display hold/save function enables you to freeze a certain display reading. This reading can be saved into the memory. 1. ...

  • Page 26: User Interface

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 24 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e 5. To get the curve of the other selected quantities, press next. To get the curves of the all quantities, press next until text all i...

  • Page 27: Automatic Power Off

    Chapter 6 __________________________________________________________________settings vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 25 automatic power off as shipped from factory, hm70 has a default setting which turns the power off automatically after 15 minutes of ...

  • Page 28: Button Press

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 26 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e button click and backlight on button press 1. Open the menu: press open. 2. Select settings , press . 3. Select user interface, press ...

  • Page 29: Device Information

    Chapter 6 __________________________________________________________________settings vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 27 device information → the basic information about the indicator and the probe is found as follows: 1. Open the menu: press open 2. Se...

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  • Page 31: Recording Data

    Chapter 7 ____________________________________________________________recording data vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 29 chapter 7 recording data recording → you can record measurement data and view the recorded data on the display. 1. Press the shortcu...

  • Page 32: Caution

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 30 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e 5. Press select. 6. To set the recording duration, select duration , press set. 7. Select the recording duration (1 min, 5 min, 15 min...

  • Page 33: Checking Memory Status

    Chapter 7 ____________________________________________________________recording data vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 31 4. Select the file you want to view, press . The files are identified according to the starting date and time of recording. 5. Press...

  • Page 34: Data to Pc

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 32 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e mi70 link program for transferring recorded data to pc the recorded data can be transferred to a pc by using mi70 link program. Mi70 l...

  • Page 35: Other Functions

    Chapter 8 ___________________________________________________________ other functions vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 33 chapter 8 other functions setting alarm levels → hm70 is alarming by beeping and blinking the backlight. The alarm turns on when th...

  • Page 36: Note

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 34 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e rh and the lower limit so low that it never will be reached (for example 0 % rh). Thus, the hm70 will alert when rh rises above 50 % r...

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    Chapter 8 ___________________________________________________________ other functions vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 35 1. Open the menu: press open. 2. Select functions , press . 3. Select chemical purge, press start . 4. Confirm the starting by pres...

  • Page 38: Sensor Preheat (Optional)

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 36 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e sensor preheat (optional) sensor preheat is an optional feature of the hm70 series humidity probes (b-version probes). In some measure...

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    Chapter 8 ___________________________________________________________ other functions vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 37 turning sensor preheat on/off the following applies only with humidity probes hmp75b, hmp76b and hmp77b: 1. Open the menu: press op...

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  • Page 41: Transmitters

    Chapter 9 ______________________________________ calibration and adjustment of transmitters vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 39 chapter 9 calibration and adjustment of transmitters hm70 in checking and adjusting the following transmitters can be calibra...

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    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 40 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e figure 7 connectors for connection cables calibration and adjustment of hmd/w 60/70, hmd/w 20/30 and hmp130 series transmitters for ch...

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    Chapter 9 ______________________________________ calibration and adjustment of transmitters vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 41 − select settings , press − select measurement settings, press − select rh scale: 4...20 ma or 0...20 ma , press on − to retu...

  • Page 44: Transmitters

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 42 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e calibration and adjustment of hmt100 series transmitters you can check and adjust the hmt100 relative humidity measurement with vaisal...

  • Page 45: One-Point Adjustment Using A

    Chapter 9 ______________________________________ calibration and adjustment of transmitters vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 43 more). If you are near the probes, do not breath in their direction. 9. Press adjust to continue adjusting. 10. Choose to sam...

  • Page 46: Two-Point Adjustment Using A

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 44 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e two-point adjustment using a calibrator note that the difference between the two reference humidities must be at least 50 %. Mi70 indi...

  • Page 47: Licl-Nacl Adjustment

    Chapter 9 ______________________________________ calibration and adjustment of transmitters vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 45 licl-nacl adjustment this adjustment is done using relative humidity references 11.3 % rh (licl) and 75.5 % rh (nacl). Follow...

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    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 46 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e hmp240 transmitter with a probe heating: the heating function is turned off automatically when the connection has been established in ...

  • Page 49: Reference Probe

    Chapter 9 ______________________________________ calibration and adjustment of transmitters vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 47 the first row shows the reading of the probe/transmitter connected to the port i, the second row shows the reading of the pro...

  • Page 50: Calibrator

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 48 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e 14. Press adjust 15. Select 1-point adjustment . Press select 16. Wait until the reading is stabilized (takes about 30 minutes). You c...

  • Page 51: Transmitters

    Chapter 9 ______________________________________ calibration and adjustment of transmitters vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 49 23. Confirm by pressing yes 24. Press back, exit, exit to return to the basic display. Calibration and adjustment of hmt320 s...

  • Page 52: Calibrator

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 50 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e field checking and adjustment by using a calibrated reference probe follow the steps from 1 to 8 and continue as follows: 9. Check tha...

  • Page 53: Calibrator

    Chapter 9 ______________________________________ calibration and adjustment of transmitters vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 51 13. Enter correct reference value by using the arrow buttons. Press ok . 14. Confirm by pressing yes. 15. Adjustment is done....

  • Page 54: Transmitters

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 52 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e the difference between two references is less than 50 %, adjustment can not be done. 18. Adjustment is done. Press back to exit the ad...

  • Page 55: Calibrator

    Chapter 9 ______________________________________ calibration and adjustment of transmitters vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 53 from now on the adjustment is carried out by using the mi70 indicator. 7. Press ok to start adjustment. 8. Select rh or t, pr...

  • Page 56: Calibrator

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 54 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e 9. Remove the filter from the transmitter's probe and insert the probe into the reference condition. 10. Press adjust to continue adju...

  • Page 57: Licl-Nacl Adjustment

    Chapter 9 ______________________________________ calibration and adjustment of transmitters vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 55 16. Give the higher reference humidity value by using the arrow buttons. Press ok . 17. Confirm the adjustment, press yes (by...

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    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 56 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e field checking of dmw19 transmitter you are able to use mi70 as a display and check your dmw19 transmitter against a calibrated refere...

  • Page 59: Measuring Other Parameters

    Chapter 10 ___________________________________ measuring other parameters simultaneously vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 57 chapter 10 measuring other parameters simultaneously the mi70 indicator is a generic indicator that can be used with vaisala int...

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  • Page 61: Analog Output Connection

    Chapter 11 __________________________________________________ analog output connection vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 59 chapter 11 analog output connection selecting and scaling the analog output → → → to get analog measurement data, you need the ana...

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    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 60 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e 5. Select quantity and press set to choose a quantity. 6. Select quantity, press select. (one quantity can be chosen at a time. Only a...

  • Page 63: Hm70 Series Probes

    Chapter 12 ______________________________ calibration and adjustment of hm70 series probes vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 61 chapter 12 calibration and adjustment of hm70 series probes general information about calibrations the hm 70 is fully calibrat...

  • Page 64: 2-Point Adjustment

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 62 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e stored into the memory of the hm70. Make the adjustment as instructed in the following section 2-point adjustment ( select licl--nacl ...

  • Page 65: 1-Point Adjustment

    Chapter 12 ______________________________ calibration and adjustment of hm70 series probes vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 63 11. Give the lower reference humidity value by using the arrow buttons. Press ok . 12. Set the probe to the higher reference h...

  • Page 66: 1-Point Adjustment

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 64 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e 1. Take out the screw covering the calibration button (in the probe handle). 2. Press the calibration button. For pressing, use tool w...

  • Page 67: 2-Point Adjustment

    Chapter 12 ______________________________ calibration and adjustment of hm70 series probes vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 65 2-point adjustment follow the steps from 1 to 4 and continue as follows: 5. Select 2-point adjustment . Press select to contin...

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  • Page 69: Maintenance

    Chapter 13 _____________________________________________________________ maintenance vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 67 chapter 13 maintenance changing the filter 1. Remove the dirty filter from the probe; see figure 2 on page 11. Do not try to clean t...

  • Page 70: Error Messages

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 68 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e figure 9 installing the battery pack error messages if the hm70 displays an error message, check first that the sensor is connected pr...

  • Page 71: Technical Support

    Chapter 13 _____________________________________________________________ maintenance vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 69 technical support for technical questions, contact the vaisala technical support: e-mail helpdesk@vaisala.Com fax +358 9 8949 2790 r...

  • Page 72: Vaisala Service Centers

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 70 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e vaisala service centers vaisala service centers perform calibrations and adjustments as well as repair and spare part services. See co...

  • Page 73: Technical Specifications

    Chapter 14 ____________________________________________________ technical specifications vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 71 chapter 14 technical specifications probes hmp75, hmp76 and hmp77 measured variables relative humidity measurement range 0 ... 1...

  • Page 74: Temperature

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 72 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e response time (90 %) at 20 ºc in 0.1 m/s air flow 17 s with grid filter 50 s with grid + steel netting filter 60 s with sintered filte...

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    Chapter 14 ____________________________________________________ technical specifications vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 73 wet bulb temperature 0 ... +100 ºc, 32 ... +212 ºf enthalpy 0 ... 160 kj/g water vapor pressure 0 ... 1000 hpa accuracies of cal...

  • Page 76: General

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 74 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e accuracy of wet bulb temperature °c relative humidity temp. 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 -40 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20...

  • Page 77: Mi70 Indicator

    Chapter 14 ____________________________________________________ technical specifications vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 75 housing material abs/ pc blend probe material stainless steel (ais316l) probe cable length (between indicator and the probe hand...

  • Page 78: Battery Pack

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 76 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e alarm audible alarm function housing classification ip54 weight 400 g housing material abs/pc-blend battery pack operation times in co...

  • Page 79: Accessories

    Chapter 14 ____________________________________________________ technical specifications vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 77 accessories description order code ac-adapters euro ac-adapter mi70euroadapter uk ac-adapter mi70ukadapter us ac-adapter mi70usa...

  • Page 80: Dimensions In Mm (Inches)

    User's guide ______________________________________________________________________ 78 __________________________________________________________________ m210297en-e dimensions in mm (inches) 2 0 5 ( 8 .0 7 ) 11 8 ( 4 .6 5 ) Ø 12 (0.47) mi70 indicator hmp75 probe.

  • Page 81: Hmp76 Probe

    Chapter 14 ____________________________________________________ technical specifications vaisala _______________________________________________________________________ 79 hmp76 probe hmp77 probe ø 12 (0.47) 37.5 (1.48) 79.5 (3.13) 99.5 (3.92) m9×1 hmp77 probe ntionally left blank. 3 2 8 ( 1 2 .9 1 ...

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