Taking Measurements; Switching On/Off; Enabling/Disabling The Automatic Power Off Function; Selecting The Operating Mode - VOLTCRAFT SLX-300 Notice D'emploi

9. Taking measurements

a) Switching on/off
/HOLD button (4) for 2 seconds to switch on the meter.
• Hold down the
• If the meter display does not turn on, check the battery in the battery compartment on the rear of the device.
/HOLD button (4) for 2 seconds to switch off the meter after use.
• Hold down the
b) Enabling/disabling the automatic power off function
The meter features a power off function that automatically switches the meter off after 10 minutes of inactivity.
/HOLD (4) and S/UP (3) buttons to disable the automatic power off function. The clock symbol
• Hold down the
(K) in the upper-right corner of the LCD display will disappear.
• Hold down the /HOLD and S/UP buttons to enable the automatic power off function. The clock symbol will ap-
pear on the LCD display.
c) Selecting the operating mode
SCAN→ ZERO→ UNIT→ MEM→ TIME→ Transmission
MODE
d) Setting the sensor to zero (calibration)
You can calibrate the sensor / set a specific gradient before taking an irradiance measurement. You can switch be-
tween the two calibration modes.
M
Setting the irradiance reading to zero
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• Go the photoelectric power display (the W/m² or BTU/ft²xh units will appear on the LCD display).
• Attach the sensor cover (10). Press the S/UP button (3) to set the photoelectric power display to zero before taking
a measurement.
• Hold down the S/UP button (3) for 2 seconds to reset the photoelectric power display.
• Press the MODE button (1) to move through the available
operating modes in a cycle. There are six available modes:
SCAN>ZERO>UNIT>MEM>TIME>Transmission
• Press the MODE button (1) to switch to ZERO mode (calibra-
tion mode).
• Press the M/DOWN button (2) to switch between the two pa-
rameters in ZERO mode.
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