Kipp & Zonen LOGBOX SE, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...E as manufactured by Physicus Bratislava Slovakia V1903 01 Intended for firmware version 12_0 and above and LogboxSESetup software 1 10 as available on http www kippzonen com Downloads Intended for Lo...

Page 2: ...2 1 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY...

Page 3: ...tion 21 9 5 Internal values 22 9 6 Output 23 9 6 1 Polynomials for CMP CHP CGR etc 23 9 6 2 Polynomials for Thermistors 24 9 6 3 Polynomials for Pt 100 24 9 6 4 Polynomials for UVS 25 9 7 System 26 9...

Page 4: ...S 232 port 48 15 1 5 Resetting the LOGBOX SE 48 15 1 6 I can t install the driver on Windows 8 or 10 48 16 APPENDICES 50 16 1 Polynomials 50 16 2 Example output of TestGprs 54 16 3 Example output of T...

Page 5: ...er or on customer request can affect the validity of the CE declaration Kipp Zonen shall in no event be liable for incidental or consequential damages including without limitation lost profits loss of...

Page 6: ...th 24 bit resolution as well as four single ended inputs with 12 bit resolution With definition of polynomial coefficients of the 3 rd order measured values can be converted to engineering units on th...

Page 7: ...al 0 05 Inaccuracy single ended 0 1 Memory SD card 512MB included 4GB max FAT formatted And 16GB FAT32 formatted Internal power supply 6x AA battery Power connection PWR 4 24VDC Generalinput for 6x AA...

Page 8: ...day LogboxSE and instruments 1 Analog 60 None 0 15 3 6 2 Analog 1 None 1 5 36 3 Analog 1 Every 24 hr 1 51 37 7 4 Analog 1 Every hr 3 2 76 5 Smart digital 1x 1 None 7 168 6 Smart digital 2x 1 None 11...

Page 9: ...On switch small switch for turning the LOGBOX SE off sleep except real time clock It is used when exchanging the SD card or when the data logger is not used EXC jumper this jumper offers excitation fo...

Page 10: ...og inputs GND pins are separately routed for best low noise performance DIN1 to DIN4 digital inputs Can be selected as frequency input counter input or time of logical one input by software RX232_1 an...

Page 11: ...cted to POWER with the BATT jumper removed for the lowest power consumption possible Last step is to connect the supplied USB cable with the computer The LOGBOX SE Setup software can be used to setup...

Page 12: ...ead acid battery can be connected with power management Jumper BAT MNG must be inserted If correct CHARGER input is connected the SOLAR blue LED will light indicating battery charging Very similar inp...

Page 13: ...ficient Location of the SIM card holder Open the SIM card holder Place the SIM card Close the SIM card holder Now your data logger is ready for operation For correct modem operation you need to setup...

Page 14: ...rd sensor AIN12 and AIN12 fourth sensor 8 4 Connecting to single ended inputs It s possible to connect up to four sensors on the analog single ended inputs AIN1 to AIN4 Please note that AIN3 and AIN4...

Page 15: ...ifferential analog inputs AIN 11 and AIN12 8 6 Connecting a thermistor It s possible to connect up to four thermistors on the analog single ended inputs AIN1 to AIN4 In the illustration the 10K thermi...

Page 16: ...nges 8 8 Connecting two Pt100 sensors It s possible to connect two Pt100 sensors The ratio selection in the analog setup page can take care of the calculations needed Range should be 78mV Select Ratio...

Page 17: ...RS 485B on LOGBOX SE board grey Modbus A A wire s RS 485A The Kipp Zonen RT1 rooftop sensor with black data cable uses The blue and green wire s GND The red wire BATTOUT or parallel to POWER input Th...

Page 18: ...d perform the installation manually Right click on the file msp430_ti_signed and select Install In only a few seconds the driver should be installed Now when the LOGBOX SE is attached via the USB cabl...

Page 19: ...tain that the settings in the software are correct After program start all settings are off or zero and Send would reset your LOGBOX SE completely If by accident the LOGBOX SE is messed up it is possi...

Page 20: ...E g a CMP pyranometer will produce max around 20mV so the 38mV range would be the right selection A SP Lite2 or equivalent needs the 156mV setting for normal outdoor use Inputs AIN9 AIN12 offer ratio...

Page 21: ...ng units 9 4 Serial configuration After clicking Serial you can select the parameters of the RS 485 serial inputs Serial inputs which should be logged must be checked in the Measure column The COM por...

Page 22: ...ensors that can be logged V3V system voltage 3 3V VRTC voltage of the CR2032 lithium battery VMAIN voltage on CHARGER or SOLAR input VPOWER voltage on POWER input VOUT voltage on PWROUT output power s...

Page 23: ...tive humidity Dewpoint in C and Fahrenheit Wind speed in m s and MPH Wind direction Air pressure in kPa Solar irradiation W m Precipitation in mm and inches Precipitation in mm and inches per hour Pre...

Page 24: ...Pt 100 With the excitation jumper placed there will be a current of approximately 600 A available to flow through the 100 series precision resistor and Pt100 thermistor see section 9 5 for connections...

Page 25: ...for W m To have the output values recorded in W m we will need to make some calculations using the mean sensitivity values of the UVS instruments The mean sensitivity values can be found on the suppli...

Page 26: ...l 1 3600s is the time between individual loggings of the gathered data When this interval is finished the LOGBOX SE calculates average min max std Dev and stores it on the SD card On the SD card a new...

Page 27: ...odem in hours starting with the first on 00 00 hr Example 8 means a logfile is send at 0 00 8 00 and 16 00 hr Fractions are allowed and e g 0 25 means a logfile sent every 15 minutes A setting of 0 me...

Page 28: ...s to an FTP server than the IP UserName and Password need to reflect your FTP server login User settings on your FTP server need to be set correct and allow for writes for by the LOGBOX SE 9 9 Setup f...

Page 29: ...view and as expected Stop will stop it Measure is for future use means No data received or this input was not selected in the Measure box in the Analog Digital or Serial tab Leaving the LiveView windo...

Page 30: ...om Batt or Exc Connect power supply Reconnect USB service cable You can check in DeviceManager that the COM port is gone Remove UPGRADE jumper Do not forget this step otherwise the upgrade will fail S...

Page 31: ...Serial2 port of the LOGBOX SE using RS 232 and when applicable an RS 232 RS 485 converter Then serial settings do matter of course Type Service at the bottom of the Termite window Now a wide range of...

Page 32: ...Server GSMNetwork TimeZone Ftp 0 1 IPConnect IPConfig UserNameConfig PasswordConfig ModemDetail 0 1 SaveConfig save configuration to Flash ReadConfig read configuration from Flash show actual settings...

Page 33: ...ONE A s 6 M 0 C 1 S 115200 B 8 P N T 1 D NONE A s 7 M 0 C 1 S 115200 B 8 P N T 1 D NONE A s 8 M 0 C 1 S 115200 B 8 P N T 1 D NONE A o 1 I A1 L 1 N 0 X 0 S 0 V 0 P 3 A 10kT o 2 I A3 L 1 N 0 X 0 S 0 V 0...

Page 34: ...sion 9 4 Jun 3 2016 SystemOnTime 126660 0 1 Days 11 1 6 SaveConfig SaveConfig saves current settings to non volatile memory Necessary after changing settings via the terminal session 11 1 7 ReadConfig...

Page 35: ...using RS 485 port For future extension Example RS 485 1 11 1 12 ReadFile ReadFile KLOG0001 TXT displays requested file saved on SD memory card Example ReadFile LOGBOX KLOG0020 TXT Name LOGBOX SE SN 00...

Page 36: ...digital input 5 is configured for measuring input is frequency measuring Command format for configuring serial inputs s x M y C y S y B y P y T y D z A z where s x 1 8 serial input number s 1 s 8 M y...

Page 37: ...600 seconds RepInterval 0 3600 interval between reports in seconds on COM2 serial port If RepInterval is zero there is no report on Serial2 and it can be used for communication with serial sensors If...

Page 38: ...be received Example EmailTo physicus physicus eu configuring recipient address to physicus physicus eu UserName string user name for authorization on smtp server or FTP server Minimum 5 characters If...

Page 39: ...example Date time measurement_1 measurement_2 measurement_3 With RepInterval 0 no data is sent automatically 12 2 Using Service Mode Using the Service Mode as described before data can be retrieved v...

Page 40: ...measurement data with the Alias names but no Min Max or StdDev in one line 02Data 02 Vrtc 3 032 V3V 3 297 Vpow 7 529 GSM_dB 12 4 Without Service Mode using Modbus RTU Using Modbus RTU it is possible...

Page 41: ...ee logged measurements read 3x2 6 Modbus registers to form three 4 byte Float values in AB CD order Slave ID is the LogboxSE RS485Address and is 2 in this example Raw register output Now format the ou...

Page 42: ...42 And see the actual logged measurements These too are the last logged measurements without Min Max and StdDev...

Page 43: ...IP address or FTP server IP address EmailFrom string EmailTo string UserName string user name for authorized access to smtp server or FTP server Password string password for authorized access to smtp...

Page 44: ...ntial left CHP1 with 10k thermistor used 1x differential 1x single ended temperature measurement CHP1 with Pt 100 used 1x differential 2x differential temperature measurement Only 1x differential left...

Page 45: ...model Instrument number Inputs needed diff single ended digital Input used Serial number Sensitivity Nr Nr Nr Nr Nr Nr Nr Nr Nr Pt 100 10k NTC LOGBOX SE digital input DIN1 digital input DIN2 digital...

Page 46: ...15006893 9 86 Optional fan1 CMP10 tacho Nr 1F Digital DIN1 15689542 n a fan2 CMP10 tacho Nr 2F Digital DIN2 15689544 n a fan3 CGR4 tacho Nr 3F Digital DIN3 15689546 n a SMART only setup SMP10 Nr 1 RS...

Page 47: ...on and POWER are switched on and after a 1 second wait MeasDelay the actual measurement is performed Two measurement periods of 2 seconds each fit the selected 4 seconds LogInterval These measurements...

Page 48: ...ommand via a terminal session Or fully power down the unit by disconnecting any power supply or battery and the USB cable and reconnecting 15 1 6 I can t install the driver on Windows 8 or 10 How can...

Page 49: ...igned driver Probably nothing will have changed and you still see the standard Windows USB Serial Device in Windows Device Manager We ll force the driver to the msp430 version and click Next Now in th...

Page 50: ...eate a perfect polynomial for temperature sensors The tables below taken from the manuals show the values for a Kipp Zonen 10k thermistor YSI 44031 and Pt 100 Let s begin to create your polynomials St...

Page 51: ...Input the VREF value close to 2 5V as indicated on the calibration sheet and the series resistor used The column VIN will be recalculated Step 3 Translate this information into a graphical chart Selec...

Page 52: ...k in the box display equation on chart at the options Step5 The result will be as below with a text box with the polynomial as calculated by e g Excel It has been moved and made red here to be better...

Page 53: ...53 Scientific 5 decimal places and Add Now with 5 decimal places...

Page 54: ...SI 3 2 0 0 0 0 OK at siso SISO 0 Smtp 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SISO 1 Socket 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SISO 2 Http 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SISO 3 Socket 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SISO 4 SIS...

Page 55: ...4 SISW 0 134 0 OK SISW 0 1 at sisw 0 0 1 SISW 0 0 0 OK SISW 0 2 at csq CSQ 28 99 OK at sisi SISI 0 6 0 261 0 0 SISI 1 2 0 0 0 0 SISI 2 2 0 0 0 0 SISI 3 2 0 0 0 0 OK at siso SISO 0 Smtp 6 1 0 261 100 1...

Page 56: ...0 0 OK at siso SISO 0 Smtp 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SISO 1 socket 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SISO 2 Http 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SISO 3 socket 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SISO 4 SISO 5 SISO 6...

Page 57: ...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SISO 1 Socket 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SISO 2 Http 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SISO 3 Socket 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SISO 4 SISO 5 SISO 6 SISO 7 SISO 8 SISO 9 OK at siss 1 conid...

Page 58: ...O 4 SISO 5 SISO 6 SISO 7 SISO 8 SISO 9 OK at sisc 1 OK at csq CSQ 29 99 OK at sisi SISI 0 2 0 0 0 0 SISI 1 2 0 0 0 0 SISI 2 2 0 0 0 0 SISI 3 2 0 0 0 0 OK at siso SISO 0 Smtp 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0...

Page 59: ...new operator to register to 3 Registration denied 4 Unknown 5 Registered roaming In the TestGprs or TestEmail it is common to see a number of CREG 0 2 s followed by a CREG 0 1 when successful or CREG...

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