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Professional Level Float Switches

Product News Wednesday, August 31, 2011: Comus Europe Ltd

The sensor is easy to use. By simply adjusting 2 trimmers you can set required time and minimum vibrations. Adjust the module for your needs by first setting the time. For sources that have a low vibration frequency or don’t vibrate all the time, you set the time longer. This you do by turning the trimmer to the left. For fast vibrating devices you need to set the time shorter, to ensure that the minimum number of vibrations can easily be set. The best way to set the time, is to turn on the source and sensor, set the second trimmer in the middle. Then you need to search for the turning point of the LED. That point is your time. The second trimmer is for adjusting the minimum number of vibrations needed to set the output during the previously set time. For adjusting the second trimmer, the device and the sensor still need to be on. Normally you have found the switching point with the time adjuster, but for very high or low vibrations you need to set the second trimmer to the right for high vibrations and left for low vibrations.

After you found the switching point, you need to turn the trimmer just a little bit further so the LED is on. This is because if the vibration decreases a bit the sensor would no longer detect the vibration. But don’t set the device to sensitive, because of risk that the device detects vibrations from other sources.