Campbell MD9, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...INSTRUCTION MANUAL MD9 Multidrop Interface Revision 5 03 C o p y r i g h t c 1 9 8 7 2 0 0 3 C a m p b e l l S c i e n t i f i c I n c...

Page 2: ...her warranties expressed or implied including warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC INC is not liable for special indirect incidental or consequential d...

Page 3: ...on 1 3 Software and Datalogger Compatibility 3 4 ID and Baud Rate Selection 3 5 Maximum Number of Dataloggers and Coax Length 4 6 Telephone to MD9 Network 5 7 Operation 6 A Cable Specifications and So...

Page 4: ...MD9 Multidrop Interface Table of Contents ii 4 1 ID Switch and Baud Rate Selection Jumpers 4 6 1 Telephone to MD9 Conversion 6 B 1 Break Address Timing Diagram B 1 This is a blank page...

Page 5: ...ories SC12 cable BNC T connector Voltage 5 Volts from datalogger or SC532 A Current State 0 Standby 1 2 mA State 1 Active 17 mA when transmit line drives network 80 mA State 2 Sleep 3 mA State 3 Pull...

Page 6: ...ng computer and end last datalogger of the network must be terminated with 75 ohm Coax Terminators in order to prevent signal reflection from one end of the cable to the other Place terminators on the...

Page 7: ...r 700X Control Module SN1670 or higher 21Xs and 700Xs with lower SNs require a resistor modification which permits the respective 5 Volt power supplies to source enough current to operate an MD9 Conta...

Page 8: ...when necessary All MD9s in a system must be set at the SAME baud rate 9600 Baud 1200 Baud 300 Baud A B Short A B Open A B Short C D Short C D Short C D Open FIGURE 4 1 ID Switch and Baud Rate Selectio...

Page 9: ...the battery voltage level The PS512M includes an AC wall transformer for AC operation A solar panel optional may be used if AC is unavailable A PS512M with a serial number less than 1712 does not supp...

Page 10: ...n MD9 See the timing diagram in Appendix C Upon detecting activity on the coax line remote MD9s convert from State 0 to State 2 State 2 is a sleep mode in which the MD9 begins a timing routine to dete...

Page 11: ...dataloggers in a network have been interrogated When all data for a particular time period has been collected and stored by the computer the computer s DTR line is released causing the local MD9 to r...

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Page 13: ...Conductor 20 AWG solid copper 032 Jacket Material PVC Jacket O D 235 Shield Braided tinned copper 100 coverage Resistance 10 1000 Capacitance 16 2pf ft Impedance 75 Ohms Attenuation at 1 MHz 0 29 db...

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Page 15: ...The marking time must be greater than one times the inverse of BR and the marking time and ADDRESS must be completed within 100 msec This is to say that a 9600 baud the BREAK must be greater than 1 1...

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Page 19: ...e can be modified to connect to the datalogger s power terminals as follows 1 Unplug field cable from datalogger and SC532A 2 Cut off DB9 connector 3 Remove cable sheath exposing positive RED wire and...

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