Cooper Instruments & Systems Model 5i Advanced Force/Torque Indicator - Manual (Page 6)

Model 5i Digital Force / Torque Indicator User’s Guide
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The indicator can be configured to automatically power off following a period of inactivity. Refer to the
Other Settings section for details.
If battery replacement is necessary, the battery may be accessed by loosening the two captive screws in
the rear half of the housing and separating the two halves of the housing.
3 MECHANICAL SETUP
3.1 Connecting a sensor
The Plug & Test
TM connector must be inserted into the receptacle of the 5i or 3i indicator with the side
marked “Plug & Test
TM
Technology” facing up (see Fig. 3.1). When fully inserted, the connector will lock
into place with a “click”.
Fig. 3.1
Appropriate orientation of Plug & Test
TM connector. Sensor model
number, serial number, and load capacity may be found on the
labels affixed to the connector.
To release the connector, press both buttons on either side of the indicator housing to release the sensor
(see Fig. 3.2). Pull the connector completely out of the indicator by holding the curved aluminum section.
DO NOT pull on the cable or strain relief.
Fig. 3.2
Press both buttons on either side of the
indicator housing to release the Plug
& Test
TM connector.
3.2 Sensor connector orientation
In order to accommodate a variety of testing requirements, the orientation of the Plug & Test
TM
connector
may be set up in either of the two positions shown below. To change the orientation, loosen the two
captive screws on the back side of the housing, separate the two housing halves, rotate one half 180
degrees, and reassemble. Contact between the two halves is made by the spring pins and contact pads
on the printed circuit boards.