Timekeeper™ TMR221B9-PROD1 Reference Guide 11/08/09

1. Press Reset to select timer mode.

TMR221B9-PROD1 Production 2. Turn knob to set desired time The Select button
selects between setting tens of seconds and
Monitoring System seconds.
3. Press the Start/Stop button to start the timer.

The Mode button selects between count up and count

down modes. You may change between count up and
count down modes while the timer is running. In count
down mode, the timer normally stops when it reaches
zero. In count up mode, the timer keeps running when
the preset time is reached.

Press and hold the Mode button to select the beeper

mode.
Press and hold the Select button to set the Wrap-It-Up
time.
Press the Select button again to set the Green warning
time.
User Programmable Presets
1. Setup the timer preset time to the desired time.
2. Set the green and yellow warning times the way
you want them.
3. Also, select the desired count up/down mode and
The TimeKeeper TM
Count Up/Down timer with beeper mode.
Tallye and History Buttons 4. If you want the preset to start the timer
automatically, start the timer running.
This reference guide covers the TMR221B9-PROD1 5. Press and hold the desired Preset button to save
model. the timer preset time, green and yellow warning
 The TMR221B9-PROD1 has a 4 digit display times, timer count up/down mode, beeper mode
and 3 stored presets. and timer run status. When the display changes,
the settings are stored.
Buttons and Controls 6. To activate the Preset, a single button press will
 Timer Start/Stop. set the timer to the to the exact conditions that
 Timer Reset. were saved.
 Tallye Display.
 Timer Mode selects count up/down. Also
used to set the beeper mode.
 Select button selects setting
hours/minutes/seconds and warning times.
 Stored Presets.
 History button to archive timer values and
production totals.
 Knob for setting times and other values.
LEDs and Displays
 Display: Red LED, 4 digits, 0.56" high.
 LEDs to display warning times: Green- Starting and Pausing the timer.
Running; Yellow-Warning; Red-Done. The Run and Pause Buttons are used to run and pause
 LEDs to display timer mode: Beeper status, the system without resetting the timer values. These
Count Up/Down. buttons are connected to remote inputs IN1 and IN2.
 LEDs to display tallye count status and SYNC  Press the RUN button to resume the timer.
status.  Press the PAUSE button to pause the timer.
Timer Mode

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Monitoring the production statistics from
the Timekeeper™.
The Timekeeper™ can display the production Goal
count and production Actual count.
 Press the Tallye button to display the Actual
count. The tallye LED on the
Timekeeper™will be off.
 Press and hold the Tallye button to display
the production goal. The tallye LED on the
Timekeeper™will be off.
Saving and Recalling production data
The Timekeeper™ can save the current production
actual count and recall the last 16 saved production
actual counts.
 Press the Tallye button to display the current
production actual count. The tallye LED will
be off.
 Press and hold the Tallye button to display
the production goal. The tallye LED will be
off.
 Press the History button to display the
archived actual production count. The tallye
LED will be off.
 Press and hold the History button to store the
current production actual count. The tallye
LED will be green. Once the actual count is
stored the running goal and actual counts are
reset.
The history button holds the most recent 16 production
actual values.
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Production Counting Using a Running
Goal
The Timekeeper™ can display a running goal and
production actual counts, calculate and display the
deviation between the goal and actual counts, and
calculate and display production efficiency.
 To configure the Timekeeper™ to track a
running goal:
 Press RESET to put the Timekeeper™ into
timer mode.
 Turn the knob to set the Takt time. This is
the time is takes to produce one unit of
production. Press the SELECT button to
switch between minutes and seconds.
 Enable mode 2 of the Auto-Reset-Start
mode. See the following section for details.
 Disable the beeper by selecting mode 0 of the
beeper mode. See the following section for
details.
 Change the scale count if desired. See the
following section for details.
 Press the START button to start the
countdown timer.
 Increment the production actual count by
momentarily grounding IN4. See the
following section for details.
 Pause and Restart as necessary the timer by
pressing the Run or Pause remote buttons.
 Reset the Goal and Production Actual
counts by pressing and holding the
HISTORY button (located on the back of the
Timekeeper™). This action will store the
current Production Actual count before
resetting it to 0.
Production Counting Using a Static or
Shift Goal
The Timekeeper™ can display a static or shift goal and
production actual counts, calculate and display the
deviation between the goal and actual counts, and
calculate and display production efficiency.
 To configure the Timekeeper™ to track a
static or shift goal:
 Press RESET to put the Timekeeper™ into
timer mode.
 Press and hold the TALLYE button to enter
the Goal count set mode.
 Turn the knob to set the static Goal. Press
the SELECT button to switch between the
upper and lower display digits.
 Change the Scale count if desired. See the
following section for details.
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 Increment the production actual count by
grounding IN4. See the following section for
details.
 Reset the Goal and Production Actual
counts by grounding IN3 or by pressing and
holding the HISTORY button (located on the
back of the Timekeeper™). This action will
store the current Production Actual count
before resetting it to 0.
 The Timekeeper™ will display the running
goal and production actual counts, and
calculate and display the deviation and
efficiency.
Red-Yellow-Green Indicators
The Red-Yellow-Green display has two operational
modes.
 The RYG display works in conjunction with
the Takt timer.
 The RYG display works in conjunction with
the Target and Actual counts.
RYG Indicators with the Takt timer.
Beeper modes 0 through 4 only.
The Timekeeper™ displays three warning times:
Green warning, Yellow wrap-it-up warning, and a red
you're done warning.
Press and hold the Select button to set the Yellow
steady “Wrap-It-Up” time. Press the Select button
again to set the Yellow blink warning time.
 The Green lamp comes on when the timer is
started and begins to blink at the green
warning time.
 When the Yellow warning time is reached, the
Green lamp goes off and the Yellow lamp
comes on.
 When the timer reaches zero, the Red lamp
comes on and the Yellow lamp goes off. In
the count down mode, the timer stops when
the Red lamp turns on. In the count up mode,
the timer keeps running after the lamp turns
Red.
 Press the reset button on the TimeKeeperTM to
turn off the Red lamp.
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RYG Indicators with the Target and
Actual Count.
Beeper modes 5 through 6 only.
The Timekeeper™ displays three warning indicators:
Green warning, Yellow warning, and a red warning.
 The Green lamp comes on when the actual
count is greater than the target count.
 The Red lamp comes on when the actual
count is less than the target count.
 The Yellow lamp comes on when the system
is paused.
Beeper modes
The Timekeeper™ has several beeper modes
associated with the timer: Single beep; Beep at each of
the warning times; and beeper disabled. In addition, the
beeper can be triggered when the actual count is more
or less than the target count.
 Press and hold the MODE button to enter
the beeper set mode. The Timekeeper™ will
display Bn where n is a number between 0
and 3.
 Turn the knob until the desired mode is set.
 Mode 0 turns the beeper off.
 Mode 1 turns the beeper on. The beeper will
sound when counting complete.
 Mode 2 turns the beeper on. The beeper will
sound at the warning times and when the
countdown is complete.
 Mode 3 turns the beeper on. The beeper will
sound at the warning times and when the
countdown is complete. The beeper will beep
every 2 seconds until reset.
 Mode 4 turns the beeper on. The beeper will
sound at the warning times and when the
countdown is complete. The beeper will beep
steady until reset.
 Mode 5 turns the beeper on. The beeper will
beep when the actual count is equal to or
greater than the goal count.
 Mode 6 turns the beeper on. The beeper will
beep when the actual count is less than the
goal count.
Auto-Reset-Start mode
The Timekeeper™ can reset and start again each time
its countdown reaches zero.
NOTE: This must be set to mode 2 to enable the TAKT
timer operation.
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counts up until the next unit is produced.

Press and hold the START/STOP button to enter the
Auto-Reset-Start set mode. The Timekeeper™
displays -n where n is a number between 0 and 3.
 Turn the knob until the desired mode is set.
 Mode 0 turns the Auto-Reset-Start mode off.
The DONE LED will show solid red when
the countdown is complete.
 Mode 1 turns the Auto-Reset-Start mode off.
The DONE LED will show blinking red
when the countdown is complete.
 Mode 2 turns the Auto-Reset-Start mode on.
In timer mode the Timekeeper™ will reset
and restart the countdown automatically
when the countdown ends. The DONE LED
will blink red when the countdown is
complete. The running goal will be
incremented by the scale factor amount.
 Mode 3 turns the Auto-Reset-Start mode on.
The Timekeeper™ will reset and start
counting up automatically when the
countdown ends. The DONE LED will show
solid red when the countdown portion is
complete. The running goal will be
incremented by the scale factor amount.
Production Scale Factor
The Timekeeper™ can increment the production actual
count by a scale.
(Unit address = A02)
 Cycle time remaining This timer gets reset to
the Takt time. It counts down to zero. When it
reaches zero, the timer starts count up from
zero indicating the number of minutes and
seconds over the desired Takt time. (Unit
address = A02)
 Red-Yellow-Green Indicators indicate
whether current cycle time is ahead or behind
the production Takt Time.
 Red-Yellow-Green Indicators indicate
whether you are ahead or behind the
production goal.
NOTE: The beeper setup determines the action of the
red-yellow-green indicators.
NOTE: The msetup value must be set to “L 01” to
display the actual cycle time. The msetup value must
be set to “L 00” to display the cycle time remaining.
See the detailed user manual for more information.

 Display the production actual count by

Pressing the TALLYE button..The
Timekeeper™ will display the current count.
 Press and hold the SELECT button to
display the current SCALE FACTOR.
 Turn the knob until the scale factor is set.

Display Outputs
The Production Timekeeper™ can display multiple
parameters. Setup the unit address on the remote
displays to capture the desired values.

 Target Count. This can be a running or static

production Goal count. (Unit address = A11)
 Actual Count. This the actual number of units
produced. (Unit address = A12)
 Deviation between target and actual count.
(Unit address = A13)
 Production Efficiency displayed as a
percentage. (Unit address = A14)
 Local Display Contents. (Unit address = A00)
 Takt time. This is the target cycle time. (Unit
address = A01)
 Actual cycle time. Each time a actual count is
incremented, the cycle time is reset to zero. It

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Remote Inputs
The timer can be started or paused by grounding the
run and pause inputs respectively. The production
actual count can be incremented by grounding the
Count input. The production count and production goal
can be reset by pressing the reset input.
 IN1 – RUN. Changes the display to timer
mode and starts the timer if it is paused.
 IN2 – PAUSE. Pauses the timer. The timer
stops, all indicators go off.
 IN3 – RESET. Stores the current production
actual count. The tallye LED will be green.
Once the actual count is stored the running
goal and actual counts are reset. NOTE: This
input functions the same as pressing and
holding the HISTORY button.
 IN4 – COUNT. Increments the actual
production count.

NOTE: See the wiring diagrams for

connection details.

An optional optical coupler may be connected to these

inputs for isolated machine control of these inputs.
Setting the Button Delay Hold-off
The Timekeeper™ remote inputs may be connected to
various sensors. There are occasions when it is
necessary to ignore button input after a trigger to
prevent false counts on the tallye count input. For
instance, you may be counting CD cases with a photo-
sensor. The passing of a CD case increments the count,
but a second, false count may occur since CD cases are
clear. By setting a delay time on the count input (IN4)
to 1 second, the false count will be ignored.

 Press the TALLYE button. The

Timekeeper™ will display the current count.
 Press and hold the START button for 2
seconds or more. The display will show the
delay time for input one (IN1).
 Press the SELECT button 3 times. The
Timekeeper™ will display the delay time for
input four (IN4).
 Turn the KNOB until the desired time in
tenths of a second is displayed. A value of 10
= 1 second; A value of 27 = 2.7 seconds; etc.
 The new value is immediately stored in
EEPROM and will be restored when the
power is turned on

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History
Press Tallye , then History to display saved shift totals.
Press and hold History to save shift totals, then clear current shift totals.

Press Tallye to display current shift totals.

Press and hold Tallye to change production goal.

Tallye
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Speaking

Up Wrap
-it-up 1
Beep
Done

Beep Start Reset Wrap-it-up

Up/Dn Stop Timer Min/Sec
3

Mode Select
Press and hold Select button to set wrap-it-up time. Press and hold Preset button
Press and hold Mode button to turn beep off or on. to save current settings.

TMR221B9 Specifications
TMR221B9 - Count Up/Down timer with data logging
and presets.

 Auto-shutoff while operating from batteries.

 RJ-11 Jack with Four Remote ground closure
inputs. Timer start, Timer Stop/Tallye Count
down, Reset and Tallye Count up.
 RJ-11 Jack for production serial data output to
operate remote displays or provide data to a
computer or PLC.
 RJ-11 Jack for remote control serial data input
from a PLC or computer.
 Controls: 9 buttons and a knob to perform
various functions.
 Display: 4 digit LED with 0.56” high digits.
 Outputs: Production Goal, Actual, Deviation,
Efficiency, Takt time, and Cycle time.
 Enclosure: Black painted metal.
 Dimensions: Surface mount W=4.375",
L=4.5", D=1.375" (TMR221B9)

Power up
When the unit is first powered up all the LEDs come
on and the scrolling message "Hello” is displayed in
the display.

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