THERMAL MANAGER
ABOUT

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ThermalMGR was basically written for the now obsolete Model 5C7-361 Temperature Controller. No new version is currently available.

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If you installed ThermalMGR, you can run it by using the START menu of the Window's taskbar.

Use START, Programs, Kajei, ThermalMGR.

The application is pre-configured for 10 controllers numbered 1 thru 10, the Model 5C7-366 temperature controller, and resource ASRL1::INSTR.

Here is a typical display of ThermalMGR (formerly known as View485) with 8 temperature controllers:

On startup, the left button looks like this:  and is used to start polling all controllers. Clicking it again, when it looks as it does in Fig 1.1 above, stops the polling. The Polling Interval is set in hours, minutes, and seconds by using Tools, Polling Interval..

If you are running ThermalMGR for the first time and you should happen to have the communications connections improperly set, or the controllers turned off, the displays of the devices being polled will become inactive. Simply click the Include All button  (button 5) to enable all the displays again.

Even while polling controllers, their configuration can be changed, simply right click the controller you want to configure and select Properties from the context sensitive menu.

ThermalMGR will display 1 or more controllers. It works with the 5C7-361, 5C7-362, 5C7-366, and 5C7-426.

LOGGING

To log data to a file, use Logging, Define New Session to indicate which fields you want to log and optionally give the logging session a name. Use button 2, or Logging, Start Datalogging to enable logging. Now, when you poll the devices, the values will be logged to the hard drive. To disable logging, click button 2 again, or use Logging, Stop Datalogging.

You can set ThermalMGR to automatically log whenever you poll the devices. Use Logging, Synchronize with Polling.

You can view the logged data in Excel. The datalog viewer is currently set to:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Excel.exe".

If your copy of Excel is located somewhere else use Tools, Datalog Viewer to tell ThermalMGR where the "Excel.exe" file is.

To view a session or to move the logged data to another folder or floppy, use Logging, Manage Files by Session.

If you move a session to another folder, use Logging, Define New Session to set up a new datalogging session. This will give the log file a new date stamp and new file name.

The log files are in the "log" subfolder of the ThermalMGR application. Normally:
"C:\Program Files\ThermalMGR\log"

You can use File, Save or the "Save" button to save all your ThermalMGR settings. The settings are also saved automatically when you exit the program.

For any displayed controller:

• Double-click the Temp Set value to edit the set point. Press Enter to send the new value to the controller.
• Double-click the Output % value to turn output power on, or off.
• Double-click the Alarm value to cancel an alarm.
• Right click for a context sensitive menu.

RUNNING MULTIPLE COPIES OF ThermalMGR

There is only one INI file and it is in the application folder. To run multiple copies of the program make copies of the ThermalMGR folder that is in the "C:\Program Files" and run each copy of the program separately. That way each copy being run has its own INI file. (An alternative to copying the folder is to install ThermalMGR again but instead of using the default folder specify your own folder name.) 

SENSOR TABLES FOR 5C7-250 AND 5C7-251

ThermalMGR does not set the 5C7-250 or 5C7-251 controller's thermistor table. Use the standard configuration program provided by the manufacturer to set and program for the thermistor you are using.