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--- slice:quick_start_qt [2018/12/19 00:40] – [Getting Started] Michael Radunsky
+++ slice:quick_start_qt [2019/05/03 01:00] – [Links] Michael Radunsky
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 Please read [[:limited_warranty|Limited Warranty]] and [[:warnings_cautions|General Warnings and Cautions]] prior to operating the SLICE-QT.
-[[slice:qt|SLICE-QT Owner's Manual]]\\
+====Links====
-[[https://www.vescent.com/products/electronics/slice/slice-qt-four-channel-temperature-controller/|SLICE-QT]] web page.\\
+Click here for the [[slice:qt|SLICE-QT Owner's Manual]]\\
+Click here for the [[slice:qt:API|SLICE-QT API]].\\
+Click here for the [[slice:Z-N|Ziegler-Nichols loop tuning instructions]].\\
+Click here for the [[https://www.vescent.com/products/electronics/slice/slice-qt-four-channel-temperature-controller/|SLICE-QT]] web page.\\
+Click here for the [[https://github.com/Vescent|Github page for SLICE-QTC GUI]]\\
+Click here for the [[https://github.com/Vescent/SLICE-QT-Firmware-Upgrade|Github page for SLICE-QTC firmware revisions]]\\
 Contact [[[email protected]|sales [at] vescent [dot] com]] for questions and corrections, or to request added functionality.
 =====Description=====
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   - Touch Settings > Plant
     - Enter in the parameters for your thermistor.\\ Note: Enter EITHER Beta, Reference Temperature, and Reference Resistance OR the Steinhart-Hart Constants, A, B, and C.  The other set of parameters will be automatically calculated.
-    - Select the Transducer Type: either TEC/Bipolar or Heater/Monopolar.
+    - Select the Transducer Type: either TEC/Bipolar or Heater/Monopolar as appropriate to your plant.
-    - When choosing TEC/Bipolar, also select Negative of Positive Polarity.
+    - When choosing TEC/Bipolar, also select Negative of Positive Polarity as appropriate.
-  - Return to the CH Detail screen by touching the accept icon.
+    - Return to the CH Detail screen by touching the accept icon.
   - Touch Settings > Limits
     - Set the absolute minimum and absolute maximum temperature allowed for your plant.
     - Set the lock range.  This range determines over what value of ∆T = T<sub>act</sub> - T<sub>set</sub> the system is considered to be locked.  If ∆T is outside of this range, the Error field will change from green to yellow.  This range will appear as yellow dashed lines on the plot of ∆T vs. time on the Channel Detail screen.
+    - Return to the CH Detail screen by touching the accept icon.
   - Touch the Setpoint Temperature button to enter the desired set point temperature.
   - Touch Settings > PID
     - Set the PID parameters for your plant
-      - Touch each window to set the given parameter
+      - Touch each window to set the given parameter.  We recommend the Ziegler-Nichols method of loop tuning.(([[https://staff.guilan.ac.ir/staff/users/chaibakhsh/fckeditor_repo/file/documents/Optimum%20Settings%20for%20Automatic%20Controllers%20(Ziegler%20and%20Nichols,%201942).pdf|Optimum Settings for Automatic Controllers, by J.G. Zieger and N. B. Nichols]] and\\
-      - We recommend the Ziegler-Nichols method of setting your PID parameters((A usable discussion of the Ziegler-Nichols method can be found here: http://faculty.mercer.edu/jenkins_he/documents/TuningforPIDControllers.pdf))
+[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziegler%E2%80%93Nichols_method|Wikipedia]]))  [[Z-N|Instructions on using this method can be found here]].
   -  Touch the OFF icon to engage the temperature servo
   - Monitor on the performance screen to ensure system settles
 | {{ :warning-sign.png?100&nolink }}  | Use caution grounding the shield at the transducer end of the interface cable as ground loops may be formed, degrading performance.                                        |
-| {{ :warning-sign.png?100&nolink }}  | WHEN USING A RESISTIVE HEATER, be sure to set the transducer type (CH X > Settings > Plant) to Heater/Monopolar.  If set to TEC/Bipolar, attempts by the SLICE-QT to actively cool your plant will result in a thermal runaway condition. |
+| {{ :warning-sign.png?100&nolink }}  | WHEN USING A RESISTIVE HEATER, be sure to set the transducer type (CH X > Settings > Plant) to Heater/Monopolar.  If set to TEC/Bipolar, attempts by the SLICE-QT to actively cool your plant could result in a thermal runaway condition. |
 <WRAP center round box 60%><tabcaption pinout |Cable pinout>
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 </tabcaption></WRAP>
-You may purchase more cables separately from Vescent Photonics.  We do not recommend making cables, but if you do so, make sure the metal sleeve (drain) is well.
+You may purchase more cables separately from Vescent Photonics.  We do not recommend making cables, but if you do so, make sure the metal sleeve (drain) is well connected to the chassis of the SLICE-QT.
 The SLICE-QT will accept input line voltages within the ranges in <tabref v_rng>.
 <WRAP center round box 60%><tabcaption v_rng |Input Voltage Specifications>
 | **Parameter**       | **Value**  | **Units**  |
-| Input Line Voltage  | 90-250     | VAC        |
+| Input Line Voltage  | 100-240    | VAC        |
 | Frequency           | 50-60      | Hz         |
 | Phase               | 1          | phase      |
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   - Connections to thermal plants(([[https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/cui-inc/PD-40S/CP-7240-ND/2119338|Four-pin DIN connector]]))((In some early versions of the SLICE-QT, the order of these connectors is reversed.))
-<imgcaption back|View of rear of SLICE-QT>{{ :slice:slice-qt-rear-numbered.png?534x221 |}}</imgcaption>
+<imgcaption back|View of rear of SLICE-QT>{{ :slice:slice-qt-rear-numbered.png?534x221 |}}</imgcaption>\\
+Contact [[[email protected]|sales [at] vescent [dot] com]] for questions and corrections, or to request added functionality.