Method for adjusting a measuring device for the non-contact detection of
electrically conductive parts (3), wherein the
electrically conductive parts (3) are guided through a conveying line (2) which is enclosed by a ring coil (5) which interacts with a
capacitor (6) as a resonant circuit within an oscillator circuit (7), wherein the
electrically conductive parts (3) cause a detuning of the resonant circuit within the oscillator circuit (7) and thereby events (21, 22) in the form of frequency and / or amplitude peaks, and wherein an evaluation circuit (8) is provided for detecting the events (21, 22) in an output
signal of the oscillator circuit (7), wherein the evaluation circuit (8) detects the magnitude of the frequency and / or amplitude peak.compares with at least one switching threshold and, using a first
signal generator (9), outputs a
signal depending on whether a highest switching threshold has been exceeded, and the first
signal generator (9) can assume different states (18, 28, 29, 30, 31) and indicates how reliably one of the parts (3) to be detected was detected when passing through the ring coil (5), characterized in that, after a switch-on signal (17), the measuring device initially assumes an operational state and the first
signal generator (9) outputs a standby signal (18), and for signal evaluation, a measurement (19) and an evaluation of the frequency and / or the amplitude of the oscillator circuit (7) are continuously carried out by a
microprocessor of the evaluation circuit (8), wherein a first comparison (23a) of a first event (21) with the value of a lower switching threshold (24) is carried out and, if the lower switching threshold (24) is not exceeded,the measurement (19) is continued, otherwise a classification as an event (22) is performed, wherein a second comparison (23b) of the classified event (22) is made with a second switching threshold (32), which is a sum of the lower switching threshold (24) and a
potentiometer offset (25), and wherein, in the case that the second switching threshold (32) is exceeded, it is recognized as part (3), otherwise it is classified as a minor event (28), wherein, in the case of the detection of a significant frequency and / or amplitude peak, and thus as part (3), a difference between the measurement (19) and a mean rest signal (20) is stored, wherein a third comparison (23c) of the classified event (22) is made with a first switching threshold, which is a sum of the second switching threshold (32) and a switching reserve offset (26),and wherein the
potentiometer offset (25) can be influenced by means of a first
potentiometer (11) and / or the switching reserve offset (26) can be influenced by means of a second potentiometer, wherein the first
signal generator (9) continuously displays the last detected part (3) and the display of the first signal generator (9) also changes to match the last detected part (3) when the first potentiometer (11) is actuated.