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Eurotherm Mini8TM
High Performance PID Control and Data Acquisition

PLCControllerPID Control Data Acquisition5000SCADA
Mini8™ Data Bulletins and Handbooks
Glossy Brochure HA028430 Iss 4, Apr 07 (1,020KB)
Technical Specification HA028480 Iss 5, Oct 05 (302KB)
Installation & Wiring Instructions HA028497 Iss 3, Mar 05 (432KB)
Engineering Handbook HA028581 Iss 4, May 07 (4,272KB)
8 Loop Plastics Controller Specification Sheet HA028519 Iss 3, Sep 05 (331KB)
Mini8 V1.XX SCADA Addressing Phase 1
Mini8 V2.XX SCADA Addressing. CVS revision 1.16   Phase 2

VT505 Operator Interface
VT505 for Mini8 EC8 Application
Operating Manual Contents (33 Pages)
HA028601 Iss 2 (225KB)
Specification Sheet HA029201 Iss 1 (260KB)
Calibration of VT505 Touch Screen TIB1019  (101KB)

DeviceNet EDS (Electronic Data Sheet) and Documentation
To save the EDS and Bitmap file to disk, right click and select Save Target As...
EDS File Version 1.5 (53KB Text)
Icon File (1KB)
DeviceNet Communications Handbook (1,213KB) HA027506 Issue 3 07/2005
DeviceNet Attribute ID Table (Web Page)

Mini8™ Series Firmware Upgrades
Version 2.30 -- Adds the OEM Security (special EU0725) and the Comms Watchdog features. Bug fixes include: improvements to the Flash write for GWE layout and wires; Commstab lockup; CT parameters saved in clone files; 4-20mA output in Standby; Loop inhibited after Program runs. iTools version V6.52.2 or later will support this version - for earlier releases, the IDM and Help file should be installed as above.
V2.30 English (2,868KB) Firmware
Version 2.10 of this software is compatible with all Mini8 instruments and iTools V6.44 or greater but requires installation of V2.10 IDM (Instrument Descriptor Module) in iTools as described below.
Please read the InstallInstructions file for installation requirements and instructions.
V2.10 English (2,864KB) Firmware

IDM Install instructions

To perform the upgrade after iTools V6.44 has been installed.

  • Copy the V2.10 IDM and the V2.10 Help file to c:\Program Files\Eurotherm\iTools\Devices directory on the PC where iTools is installed
  • On the PC select Start->All Programs->Eurotherm->iTools Advanced->IDM Manager if the PC is running XP or Start->Programs->Eurotherm->iTools Advanced->IDM Manager if the PC is running Windows 2000 or NT
  • When the program starts click on the "Install New IDM" button, browse for the file named ID_MINI8_V210.exe, select it and press the open button
  • You will be asked if you would like to copy this file to another location, this is not required since you have already saved the file to the correct location. Click "No"
  • Installation is now complete
V2.10 IDM for iTools (1,160KB) and Help file (480KB)

Version 2.02 of this software is compatible with all Mini8 instruments and iTools V6.40 or greater.
Please read the readme.txt file for installation requirements and instructions.
V2.02 English (2,865KB)
V1.20 English (2,749KB)

All documents are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format unless otherwise noted..
Last Updated Thursday, July 19, 2007