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MTS TestStar Digital Load Frame Controller
For sale- an MTS Systems TestStar Digital Load Frame Controller. It is in excellent physical condition and it powers up as you can see. This is one of just several components that would be used in testing stress and strain, the others (at minimum) being the load frame itself, a computer/workstation to interface with the controller, and possibly a hydraulic power supply or pump. All I have is the controller, so I am unable to test it beyond what you see and what I will describe. If there is something simple that I can do to increase your confidence in the controller please let me know.
I do have some cables for the system, I will elaborate on those in a minute. I have the cable from the controller to the workstation, but it is not included in this sale. Looks like a pretty standard 25 pin male to male cable to me, but the manual that I have specifically warns not to make one up yourself, so perhaps there is something proprietary about it. Anyway, I also have a variety of TestStar, TestWare, and TestWorks software, also NOT included in this sale. Nor will I make copies of it, please don’t ask.
The reason I have cables and software that are not included is because I have a TestStar II controller as well, so anything that I do not have in duplicate I am setting aside for that. Please check out my other listings for the TestStar II, I hope to get it listed soon, as well as some interesting Instron gear as well. Check back often.
When the TestStar Controller is powered up it lights up like a Christmas tree. In order to see all the cards installed I removed the front panel. Starting on the front upper left corner, there is a 490.22 AC Conditioner, a 490.21 DC Conditioner, a 490.21S DC Conditioner, and three more 490.21 DC Conditioners. The Fault LED comes on on all of those, but with nothing connected that doesn’t bother me too much, probably to be expected. Upper right there is a 490.40 Analog I/O, a 490.50C Processor, and a 490.60 Hydraulic I/O. Each of those has an Error LED but none of them come on. I’m thinking that is probably good. Of that group the 490.50C Processor also has a DDC Fault, WSC Interlock, Soft Fail, and Run indicator LEDs, and all of those come on.
Lower left on the front panel there are two 490.14 Valve Driver Plug-ins, a 490.72 Bus Interlock, and a 490.70 Bus Controller. The Bus Controller has an Error LED but it does NOT come on. The Interlock LED on the Bus Interlock does. The Valve Drivers do not have any indicator lights. Below these is what I assume to be the general power indicator, and that does come on with a green LED.
I have pictured the back panel as best I can, but the pictures didn’t turn out very well, too much light in the room. Please email me if you need a closer look at something. Having been through the TestStar II manual some it does not look like any of the variety of optional boards are installed on the back side. The only thing I think merits a mention is that the J25 connection for the Hydraulic Power Supply has jumper plug installed. Apparently if the Controller is not attached to an HPS it requires a jumper on J25 “to maintain the integrity of the interlocksâ€.
That pretty well covers what I know and can tell you about this TestStar Controller. Other than the controller I have one “Y†cable that I am pretty sure attaches to the J29 port on the back of the controller and links it with both the load unit and the Emergency Stop button on the Load Unit Control Panel (neither of which is included). I also have a separate free standing Emergency Stop button and the cable to it from J30. I have the 25 pin male to female cable that runs from the J50 Load Unit Link connection to the Load Unit Control Panel. I also have five of the 15 pin Panel 4 Instrumentation connector cables. Four of them can go from any of the J1-14 connections to LYDT Displacement, Load Cell Load, Load Cell Torque, and ADT Angle Transducer. I suspect they have to match up with front panel Instrumentation Bus plug-in modules, so you can’t just randomly pick J1-14. The fifth is marked Serovalve, which I assume to be Servovalve, and would need to go into J13 or J14 to match up with one of the 490.14 Valve Drivers if I had to guess.
I will consider offers lower than the asking price, but if accepted (and please, nothing ridiculous, why waste your time and mine) it is with the understanding that you are waiving the conditional warranty described in the preceding paragraph. In which case the sale has no warranty, and no returns will be accepted.
