Anemoment Data Logger 422, User Manual

Page 1: ...Data Logger 422 User Manual...

Page 2: ...brands and other trademarks featured or referred to herein are the property of their respective trademark holders To the best of our knowledge the DL422 is controlled by the US Export Administration...

Page 3: ...alog inputs and 2 digital inputs it can also connect with GPS receiver and radio transceiver modules Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 My Notes 4 Chapter 2 Specifications and Safety Information 5 Spec...

Page 4: ...wer Connector 18 INST1 Instrument 1 Connector 18 INST2 Instrument 2 Connector 18 INST3 Instrument 3 Connector 19 INST4 Instrument 4 Connector 19 GPS GPS Serial Connector 20 RFD900 Radio Connector 20 A...

Page 5: ...GPS Settings 31 Pressure Settings Menu 32 Trigger Options Menu 32 Storage Options Menu 33 Time Options Menu 34 Chapter 10 Advanced Configuration Command Line Interface CLI 35 Access CLI Mode by Using...

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Page 7: ...y properly after use following local regulatory guidelines POWER SUPPLY WARNING Use only batteries or LPS power supply certified with local standards to power the DL422 Anemoment is not responsible fo...

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Page 9: ...e connector caps are firmly seated in place For the convenience of the user the DL422 E series units are shipped with one mating cable side connector for each exterior power analog or serial connector...

Page 10: ...ated on the board When selecting where and how to attach the board choose a location protected from water and dust consider the additional height of cables and connectors make sure to have space for S...

Page 11: ...lar power mating connector is 20 AWG The input voltage range is 5V to 60V and can be sourced from an external power supply or battery Pin Name Signal Name Description 1 V_IN Input Voltage 5V to 60V 2...

Page 12: ...Real Time Clock Battery A coin cell battery is used to power the Real Time Clock on the DL422 when there is no other power source available This is a standard CR1225 coin cell battery If the DL422 lo...

Page 13: ...s to Serial Input Including TriSonica Sphere and Pipe Mount sensors The DL422 Serial Input connector uses the same 12 socket circular IP67 connector found at the base of the TriSonica Sphere and Pipe...

Page 14: ...multiple GND connections are provided as a convenience for wiring 3 Orange Trigger Synchronizing Trigger input This input allows multiple instruments to synchronize their sampling 4 Yellow RX Receive...

Page 15: ...e UART serial instrument to the mating connector and for properly sealing the connector to cable interface Table 4 details the pinout connections Note that the connector must be mated to a matching co...

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Page 17: ...al input cable connector from the socket side Connecting to TriSonica Sensors Either end of an Anemoment 12 pin double terminated cable may be connected to the serial input cable and a TriSonica senso...

Page 18: ...hat must be snapped into the desired instrument header on the circuit board as shown in Figure 7 Be careful to snap the connector into the correct header for the intended purpose Instrument headers an...

Page 19: ...pter provide detailed information for each of the connectors NOTE Many of the connectors can be custom configured to desired use by a Skilled Electronics Technician as indicated in the pin description...

Page 20: ...GND Ground 3 TX Serial Data Transmit Output EIA232 Voltage levels Jumper Configurable to 3 3V UART 4 RX Serial Data Receive Input EIA232 Voltage levels Jumper Configurable to 3 3V UART 5 Trigger TriSo...

Page 21: ...s Jumper Configurable to 3 3V UART 5 I2C SCL I2C Clock Jumper Configurable to TriSonica Trigger Signal 6 I2C SDA I2C Data INST4 Instrument 4 Connector The Instrument 4 connector J13 is where the user...

Page 22: ...DL422 NOTE Pin 1 is on the right as viewed in Figure 8 Table 10 Radio Connector Pin Descriptions Pin Name Signal Name Description 1 V_Out Voltage output of 5V Jumper Configurable to 3 3V 2 GND Ground...

Page 23: ...Fun QWIIC connection standard Currently there are no external devices supported This feature is reserved for future firmware expansion Currently there is no firmware support for this feature NOTE Pin...

Page 24: ...the card inward toward the circuit board When the card pops out remove it from the slot To insert slide MicroSD Card into the slot with the gold contact pins side facing down until it clicks into pla...

Page 25: ...p Bits 1 Radio Port The DL422 Radio port is default configured to these serial parameters Baud Rate 57 600 Data Bits 8 Parity None Stop Bits 1 Serial Data Start The DL422 starts collecting data 1 seco...

Page 26: ...l and one internal analog input channels The two external channel connections are described in the sections above that discuss the connections to the DL422 The internal channel measures the V_IN volta...

Page 27: ...then creates a virtual communications port for the terminal emulation program to connect through 2 Connect to the Radio port of the DL422 by using an external UART to USB adapter When this adapter is...

Page 28: ...see the Main Menu on the terminal emulator screen Exit MIM from the Main Menu by pressing either the X or Zero key IMPORTANT X is TEMPORARY 0 Zero is STORED Pressing the X exits MIM and returns the DL...

Page 29: ...ns are used where there are three or more configuration options for the selection Pressing the letter key causes information inside the parentheses to the right to change between the three possible co...

Page 30: ...Setup menu To make a change to a serial instrument s parameter configuration first press the A key The display then shows a new sub menu for Serial Instrument Selection Press the letter key indicated...

Page 31: ...when the Missing Data Type function is enabled Serial Pass Thru Presents a submenu for the serial pass thru function Serial pass thru makes a direct connection with the instrument using the DL422 as...

Page 32: ...e slope and then the offset is added Offset The software offset value for a linear conversion of the analog to digital values into some other units The output is multiplied by the slope and then the o...

Page 33: ...tream in front of the Digital channel data when the Digital Tag is Enabled Station Settings Menu The station settings menu controls the display of the Station ID output to identify this DL422 among mu...

Page 34: ...r Ground in the GPS output GPS Tags Enabled Enable or disable the parameter tags in the GPS output Pressure Settings Menu The Pressure Settings Options Menu enables the on board Pressure sensor output...

Page 35: ...DL422 supports two trigger types Internal and Sync Internal When set to Internal the DL422 uses its internal clock to sample the data for output Sync The Sync trigger type aligns the internal clock to...

Page 36: ...eal time clock RTC of the DL422 is used Figure 21 Time Options Menu Table 22 Time Options Command Descriptions Menu Option Description Enable Time Tag Enable the time tagging of data for the output st...

Page 37: ...aved in the storage file on the SD Card IMPORTANT When the DL422 is in CLI all data sampling is stopped and the storage file is closed ALL INCOMING DATA ARE LOST WHILE THE DL422 UNIT IS IN CLI Enter C...

Page 38: ...ments Valid values for port are 0 3 enable enable the analog input port disable disable the analog input port gain Show or set the hardware gain on the analog input The maximum voltage is 6 0V arg is...

Page 39: ...le the time parameter slash sets the format to yy mm dd dash sets the format to yy mm dd colon sets the format to yy mm dd space sets the format to yy mm dd none sets the format to yymmdd time enable...

Page 40: ...ng for the missing data output Spaces are allowed in arg nvwrite Writes parameter data to non volatile memory passthru Show or set the serial pass thru configuration Use help passthru for full argumen...

Page 41: ...use 24 hour format gps Set Time and Date with the next GPS update GPS must be providing valid time data station Station Tag station enable disable tagged untagged tag arg Show or set the Station Tag...

Page 42: ...error version Displays software version number Application Programming Interface The DL422 provides a method to simplify computer command automation The method is a variation on the CLI interface and...

Page 43: ...change the configuration of a connector the technician removes the connection formed by the existing jumper trace between the two solder pads then makes a new connection by soldering a bridge between...

Page 44: ...wn in Figure 23 Instrument 3 Hardware Configuration The Instrument 3 hardware configuration jumpers are JP16 JP11 JP13 and JP14 JP16 selects the function of pin 5 of the INST 3 connector to be either...

Page 45: ...is available for Analog and Digital 1 2 connectors The AD1 connector voltage jumper is JP1 and the AD2 connector voltage jumper is JP2 These jumpers select between 5V and 3 3V The default is 5V GPS an...

Page 46: ...trace connecting the center pad to the pad on the side marked 232 as shown in Figure 26 2 Add a solder bridge from the center pads to the TTL UART Pads as shown in Figure 27 Figure 26 Changing EIA232...

Page 47: ...sition voltage select jumpers change the output voltage on their associated connectors The voltage jumpers select between 12V and 5V or 5V and 3 3V The method for changing the voltage is the same rega...

Page 48: ...the voltage selection to the default setting after the circuit board trace has been cut remove the solder from the jumper pads and create a solder bridge from the center pad to the default voltage pa...

Page 49: ...ure that only one pair of solder pads are connected To change the voltage from the default configuration cut the circuit board trace connecting the pair of center pads together as indicated in Figure...

Page 50: ...solder bridge across the pair of 3 3V pads as shown in Figure 34 To restore 5V after the default jumper has been cut remove the bridge previously made and add a solder bridge across the pair of 5V pad...

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Page 53: ...s 21 Table 13 QWIIC Connector Pin Descriptions 21 Table 14 Serial Setup Menu Command Descriptions 29 Table 15 Analog Options Menu Command Descriptions 30 Table 16 Digital Setup Menu Command Descriptio...

Page 54: ...on 41 Figure 23 Instrument 2 Hardware Configuration 42 Figure 24 Instrument 3 Hardware Configuration 42 Figure 25 Instrument 4 Hardware Configuration 43 Figure 26 Changing EIA232 to TTL UART Cut this...