As everyone knows, wiring the eDART to a machine can be problematic. But sometimes this wiring task can be reduced if what you need to do does not require a complete hookup. This recently came to light when discussing the teaching of classes with the consultants.
The bottom line is: Don’t Panic
The eDART will take data and show it with just a stroke sensor. But it will not show well nor be as easy to use without sequence signals, injection pressure etc. And you cannot show sorting or control unless you have outputs.
But the customer may see you doing the extra steps required (e.g. zeroing the stroke) and conclude that the eDART is too difficult to use.
It appears that for most classes such as systematic molding, our consultants do not need to wire any sequence signals to the machine. They can get by having the customer hook up our stroke encoder and getting injection pressure from the machine.
On electric machines, injection pressure is sometimes the tough one. Call customer support (or have the customer call) for instructions on how to find it. It is usually on the machine print somewhere as a 0 – 10V output. It is just a matter of finding the right two terminals and wiring to the Analog Input module.
If you can get sequence signals you can show the eDART without having to set up stroke etc. If not then carry on with injection pressure and stroke / velocity. Remember to set the stroke zero and set fill volume at the end of machine filling (or just before for rheology demos).