
© 2015 imc Meßsysteme GmbH imc SPARTAN - Instruction book, Version 5 R 2 - 7/21/2015
Table of Contents 3
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1 General ............................................................................................................................................. 6
1.1 Guide to Using the Manual
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1.2 Notes / Quality Management / Customer Support
.................................................................................................................................. 71.2.1 Quality Management
.................................................................................................................................. 71.2.2 imc Warranty
.................................................................................................................................. 71.2.3 ElektroG, RoHS, WEEE
.................................................................................................................................. 71.2.4 imc Customer Support / Hotline
.................................................................................................................................. 81.2.5 Product Improvement / Change Requests
.................................................................................................................................. 81.2.6 Other Notes
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1.3 Instruction manual
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1.4 Liability limitations
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1.5 Guarantee
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1.6 Before starting
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1.7 Notes on maintenance and servicing
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1.8 Safety .................................................................................................................................. 121.8.1 Responsibility of the user
.................................................................................................................................. 121.8.2 Operating personnel
.................................................................................................................................. 121.8.3 Special dangers
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1.9 After unpacking...
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1.10 Transport
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1.11 Storage
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1.12 Cleaning
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2 Start of operation with the Hardware
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2.1 Precautions for operation
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2.2 Power supply
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2.3 Grounding, shielding of the devices
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2.4 Grounding with the use of the included power adapter
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2.5 Grounding with power supplied by a car battery
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2.6 Shielding
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2.7 Potential difference with synchronized devices
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2.8 Main switch
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2.9 REMOTE control
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2.10 Fuses (polarity-inversion protection)
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2.11 UPS .................................................................................................................................. 222.11.1 Buffering time constant and maximum buffer duration
.................................................................................................................................. 222.11.2 Charging power
.................................................................................................................................. 232.11.3 Take-over threshold
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2.12 Rechargeable accumulators and batteries
.................................................................................................................................. 232.12.1 Lead-gel batteries
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3 Properties of the imc SPARTAN
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3.1 SPARTAN device properties
.................................................................................................................................. 263.1.1 Specific parameters
.................................................................................................................................. 263.1.2 Operating software imc DEVICES and imc STUDIO
.................................................................................................................................. 273.1.3 Sampling interval
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3.2 Measurement types
.................................................................................................................................. 273.2.1 Temperature measurement
.................................................................................................................................. 303.2.2 Bridge measurements