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slice:quick_start_qt [2019/01/04 23:25] – [Getting Started] Michael Radunskyslice:quick_start_qt [2019/04/02 16:22] – [Getting Started] 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. 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==== 
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 +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]].\\
 [[https://www.vescent.com/products/electronics/slice/slice-qt-four-channel-temperature-controller/|SLICE-QT]] web page.\\ [[https://www.vescent.com/products/electronics/slice/slice-qt-four-channel-temperature-controller/|SLICE-QT]] web page.\\
 Contact [[[email protected]|sales [at] vescent [dot] com]] for questions and corrections, or to request added functionality. Contact [[[email protected]|sales [at] vescent [dot] com]] for questions and corrections, or to request added functionality.
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   - Touch Settings > PID   - Touch Settings > PID
     - Set the PID parameters for your plant     - Set the PID parameters for your plant
-      - Touch each window to set the given parameter.  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))+      - 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\\ 
 +[[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   -  Touch the OFF icon to engage the temperature servo
   - Monitor on the performance screen to ensure system settles   - Monitor on the performance screen to ensure system settles
slice/quick_start_qt.txt · Last modified: 2021/08/26 15:26 by 127.0.0.1