FIEDLER H40, User Manual

Page 1: ...Small telemetry station HYDRO LOGGER H40 user manual version 1 01 E ...

Page 2: ...Hydro Logger H40 User manual 2 electronics for ecology FIEDLER ...

Page 3: ...LINE 18 4 PARAMETER SETTINGS 19 4 1 MOST PROGRAMME 19 4 1 1 BASIC RULES FOR WORKING WITH PARAMETERS 19 4 2 BASIC PARAMETERS 20 4 2 1 IDENTIFICATION 20 4 2 2 TIME ZONE 20 4 2 3 ARCHIVING 21 4 2 4 POWER AND DIAGNOSTICS 21 4 2 5 COMMUNICATION SPEEDS AND PROTOCOLS 21 4 3 ANALOG CHANNEL SETTINGS 22 4 3 1 SETUP PROCEDURE AND BASIC PARAMETERS 22 4 3 2 ARCHIVING 25 4 3 3 ADVANCED PARAMETERS 27 4 4 CONTROL...

Page 4: ...without changing the battery pack for more than 10 years even with daily auto matic data transmission via GSM network to a database server on the Internet In applications where a GSM network is not available or auto matic data transfers to the server are not required the H40D var iant which lacks the GSM GPRS communication module can be used for data acquisition and archiving In this case the meas...

Page 5: ...aving power of the power bat tery If an extraordinary event occurs at the measurement location the station can immediately transmit this information to the server the usual delay of cyclical calling of stations by the server is eliminated The system allows the use of operationally cheap types of tariff SIM cards with out a fixed IP address in the stations The fixed IP address is usually charged fo...

Page 6: ...vices are available to the station user for a low annual fee which is incomparable to the investment in the equipment of your own server and its regular maintenance This makes the data collection system accessible to users of one or two telemetry stations as well as to operators of a large monitoring network MAP VISUALIZATION In some applications it may be advantageous to display the location of t...

Page 7: ...urrence of an input error data transfer to the server etc The H40 operates in a power saving mode in which the instrument is hibernated most of the time and only wakes up and takes measurements at the set archiving interval During the measurement period power is supplied to the connected sensors and trans ducers The magnitude of the supply voltage is adjustable from 6 to 15 VDC The H40G telemetry ...

Page 8: ...re performed under the TCP IP protocol Regular sending of archived values via GPRS network to the Internet to the set IP address to the server with the MOSTNET SERVER program installed Phonebook for 10 recipients up to 3 groups possible Alert system based on 14 user configurable SMS messages Activation of sending SMS or transferring data to the server via GPRS network periodically in time or after...

Page 9: ... and temperature In this case it is convenient to order the H40 station together with the TSH22 sensor and the DH40 stainless steel mounting bracket The bracket includes clamps for mounting the H40 station and a screw hanger for clamping the cable of the submersible transducer TSH22 The entire measuring assembly can then be sus pended from the bracket e g in a borehole The small dimensions of the ...

Page 10: ...The H40G telemetry station contains a GSM GPRS communication module that usually mediates all data transmissions between the station and the user Connecting to the sta tion from a PC laptop is therefore usually not necessary Measured data stored in the station is automatically transferred via GPRS network to the database on the server at the specified time Conversely a parameter file is transferre...

Page 11: ...r allows the GSM module to be perma nently switched off and only switched on when the station requests to transfer measured data to the server or to send a warning SMS This concept also allows the station to oper ate for many years without changing the power supply batteries In a practical test the H40G was tested to be able to perform more than 5 000 data sessions to the server or send the same n...

Page 12: ...uilt in O ring It is also advisable to treat the GSM antenna connector with silicone petroleum jelly or insulating self adhesive or self vulcanizing tape to seal any leaks The telemetry assembly should not be in stalled in locations where the temperature is consistently above 40 C as this increases the self discharge of the power supply bat teries resulting in a shorter battery life Con versely lo...

Page 13: ...n the PCB next to the GSM module inside the station This PCB is mechanically connected to the plas tic cap of the cylindrical housing of the station The cap is fitted with a sealing O ring and is not only inserted into the cylindrical outer housing of the station but is also secured with an M4 screw against rotation and sliding When opening the station the M4 locking screw is first turned out and ...

Page 14: ...oing data session the signaling LED flashes at an increased frequency of 2 Hz Forced switching on of the modem during installation of the station can be triggered from a PC notebook connected by cable under the MOST program The procedure is de scribed in the following text 3 4 Antenna and its location The Hydro Logger H40 comes with a small GSM 1dB antenna that connects to an SMA connector Reliabl...

Page 15: ...pplied magnetic antenna with 6 dB gain can usually be replaced by a larger omnidirectional magnetic antenna with 9 dB gain or a small directional antenna with 12 dB gain the long directional antenna requires precise antenna pointing and ho mogeneity of the electromagnetic field and its use has not been proven in practice Beware of the usual vertical polarization in GSM networks when installing a d...

Page 16: ...t the station to log into the GSM network by pressing the Switch modem on button During login the signal LED will flash at a frequency of approximately 1 Hz After the device has logged into the network the regular flashing of the LED will change to short light pulses with a period of about 5 s and the GSM operator code and signal strength will appear in the Modem status information window For reli...

Page 17: ...nstrument on the face of the stainless steel housing The K2 connector is a robust 7 pin connector with a high IP66 rating The wiring of the K2 connector tubes can be seen in the following figure and table K2 connector Signal Note 1 Unap Sensor power supply 6 15 VDC 2 AV1 analog input 0 4 20 mA 3 NC Unplugged 4 NC Unplugged 5 RS485 B RS485 B bus 6 RS485 A RS485 A bus 7 GND ground terminal sensor po...

Page 18: ...oltage of the connected sensor declared by its manufacturer on the Unap power terminal Conversely an unnecessarily high Unap supply voltage will excessively deplete the capacity of the power supply battery The analog signal supplied to the AV1 input is measured by a precision transducer with a digital filter that suppresses the interference voltage induced in the input cable and performs automatic...

Page 19: ...r s website The MOST program is not included in the standard delivery of the telemetry set 4 1 1 Basic rules for working with parameters After physically connecting the PC to the H40 station via cable or dial up modem con nection the connection must first be made For this purpose either the menu in the Communication menu or the COM or Telephone icons are used Both the connec tion and the connectio...

Page 20: ...y checking the Automatic daylight saving time option you allow the station to auto matically adjust its internal functions during the time change such as the regular sending of SMS messages This way an informative SMS message will be sent automatically at a fixed time throughout the year for example every Monday at 8 00 am The data will always be recorded in the station s memory according to stand...

Page 21: ...sing the server for data acquisition the event table is displayed last in the GRAPH section Similar to the previous choice The checkbox enables storing the exact time of SMS messages receipt into the event memory including their text and the sender s identifica tion his her phone number 4 2 4 Power and diagnostics The H40 is powered by a 3 6V lithium battery This voltage would be insufficient to p...

Page 22: ...ucer with standard current output select the method Current Loop 4 20 mA The measurement method called Calculation Functions has its place at the H40 sta tion With its help it is easy to monitor the continuously calculated moving average for a configurable time interval on a separate channel and to activate the sending of a warning SMS according to this calculated value It is usual that the archiv...

Page 23: ...ropriate choice of the number of decimal places may cause the maximum range to be exceeded resulting in clipping of out of range values The maximum possible magnitude that the measurand can take is 65535 for integers and it decreases decade by decade as the number of decimal places increases Bipolar quantities such as temperature or voltage have half this maximum possible value This limitation res...

Page 24: ...robe 0 1 mm K2 Air temperature 0 1 C ESP11 pH meter 6 12 K1 Water temperature 0 1 C K2 pH 0 01 pH ESR11 redox meter 7 12 K1 Water temperature 0 1 C K2 Redox potential 0 1 mV ESV11 conductivity sensor 9 8 K1 Water temperature 0 1 C K2 Conductivity linearly temperature compensated 1 µS cm2 K3 Conductivity of non linear comp EN27888 1 µS cm2 K4 Conductivity without temperature compensation 1 µS cm2 A...

Page 25: ...nput of a single parameter This parameter is called the Steepness Limit and its value indicates the maximum allowable change in the monitored variable over the archiving interval If this parameter is exceeded either by an increase or decrease in the monitored variable in a time less than or equal to the set archiving interval a Steep Alarm will be activated on the channel 4 3 2 Archiving Each reco...

Page 26: ...ter discharge of the power supply battery so set this parameter value judiciously This note becomes less important when using an external power supply OVERLIMIT ARCHIVING INTERVAL The figure shows the triggering condi tions for the over limit archiving interval Setting it allows you to record in detail the progress of the incident on the measure ment channel An overlimit interval 2 minutes in the ...

Page 27: ...rand For example a different window is used to set up a level measure ment and another simpler window opens for a temperature measurement EXAMPLE LEVEL MEASUREMENT Most commonly the level is measured with a pressure dipping probe or an ultrasonic probe placed above the maximum level The output signal of the probes is either a 4 20 mA current output 0 20 mA 1 5 mA or an RS485 serial interface Depen...

Page 28: ... determines in set units the insensitivity band in which the signal will be artificially zeroed In this way various signal noises in the vicinity of the zero value are filtered out Finally the measured value can be adjusted by a 2nd order polynomial This option is retained for all measured quantities except flow and volume where the individual pa rameters A0 to A2 take on different meanings Filter...

Page 29: ...mA output or probes communicating via RS485 se rial interface are connected to this terminal The power supply to exter nal sensors and probes is only momentary for the duration of the meas urement of the monitored quantities K13 Inter temp C Temperature inside the device K14 Unap V Unap terminal voltage size The size of this supply voltage is user ad justable from 6 to 15 V DC K15 Int humidity Rel...

Page 30: ...ine should be set according to the actual channel occupancy and the require ments of the station operator The list of codes used in the command line is given in the table on page 41 Note The H40G will also respond to incoming SMS containing individual codes sepa rated by a comma after the password The importance of other parameters will be explained in the chapter SMS com munication SIM card type ...

Page 31: ...he station Informative SMS Inquiry SMS Warning SMS Control SMS Control SMS Informative and query SMS messages have a common group of codes that determine the content of the information transmitted from the device to its operator or conversely the command to compose an informative SMS on the device side and send it to the interviewer The sent control SMS can directly control the relay in the addres...

Page 32: ...uence of codes on the control line The meaning of the individual codes and their overview is on the next page The individual codes are separated by a comma no spaces no comma or full stop at the end 4 7 2 Inquiry SMS The second large group of informative messages consists of replies to incoming SMS inquiry messages Depending on what query codes the query SMS contains see the list on the next page ...

Page 33: ...e of the 2nd channel level U query for battery voltage value NAME V3 8 4 C V2 1259 mm U 3 26 V NAME station name tag configurable parameter The station name can be followed by the date and the current time of the unit as infor mation about the time of transmission of the message from the unit to the operator s network In this case it is necessary to have the option Insert event time into the sent ...

Page 34: ... used to start every command message The password can be any sequence of up to 12 char acters separated from subsequent commands by a comma Another configurable condition for executing the command is that the phone number from which the control message was received is present in the list of stations with SMS reception enabled if the option Receive messages only from senders in the list is set in t...

Page 35: ...ge you can select the recipient from a list of authorised persons You can also create a group of persons to whom the SMS will be sent in turn The sending of the message can be conditioned by the time period for which the activation condition of the message must be fulfilled overshoot undershoot binary state change measurement error alarm Resending of the next warning message is activated only afte...

Page 36: ...nnel Steep alarm cancellation The steady alarm on the control channel has been terminated Diagnostic channel discon nection The set limit value on the control C channel i e the Iopto current DG12 or the Unap current DG11 has been exceeded The limit value is set on the first Basic parameter tab in the Power supply and diagnostics section Diagnostic channel discon nection The measured value of the d...

Page 37: ...ervices When only a few measured values are transmitted under the TCP IP protocol the pro tocol overhead itself makes up the vast majority of the information in the transmitted packet and the actual measured data occupies only a small part of the transmitted data volume Therefore as the sending interval shortens the total transmitted data volume increases and thus the station s operating costs inc...

Page 38: ...artner zone is accessible to authorized users by logging in to the Support menu Firmware updates are performed from the menu of the MOST pro gram which must be licensed for service companies A detailed description of how to update the firmware can be found on this website along with the individual firmware packages Follow these steps to update the firmware Connect to the unit whose software you wa...

Page 39: ...the instrument case and replace it with a new one connect the power connector to the electronics part and insert it back into the instrument case Apply silicone petroleum jelly to the O ring in the front panel to prevent mois ture from entering the station and slide the front panel with the connected elec tronics back into the stainless steel housing securing it with the locking screw Using the co...

Page 40: ...omial Analog Input AV1 Max vs range 0 4 20 mA load res 100 Ω surge protection 18 V 600 W ADC resolution 16 bits RS485 serial communi cation interface Communication protocol FINET HART Modbus RTU adjust able baud rate 1200 19600 Bd default 19600 Microprocessor RISC type 8 bits supply voltage 3 3 V Power Lithium battery pack 3 6 V 19 Ah 28 Ah Current consumption Type 6 mA 30 uA at rest Dimensions Di...

Page 41: ... the manufacturer of the device FIEDLER AMS s r o Lipová 1789 9 370 05 České Budějovice which has a contract with the importer of batteries for the take back of used batteries Improper disposal of used ba tteries could damage the environment Disposal of equipment The manufacturer has a contract for the take back of this device with RETELA s r o You can find an overview of collection points in your...

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Page 43: ... The manufacturer is not liable for defects caused by interference with the design of the device damage to the device or improper connection When installing and operating the device it is necessary to observe all the instructions in the Technical Specifications the related ČSN and safety rules All repairs during the warranty period are the sole responsibility of the manufacturer For hygiene reason...

Page 44: ...Hydro Logger H40 User manual 44 electronics for ecology FIEDLER TXP0150914 001 H40 V101 Producer FIEDLER AMS s r o Lipová 1789 9 307 05 České Budějovice www fiedler company Tel 420 386 358 274 ...