Sutron CDMALink-1C, Operation & Maintenance Manual

Page 1: ...X Link Data Logger Operations Maintenance Manual Includes GPRSLink IRIDIUMLink HSPALink and CDMALink Part No 8800 1190 Rev 1 63 May 24 2016...

Page 2: ...g Offline 26 4 3 Dashboard Tab 32 4 4 Measurements Tab 34 4 5 Data Tab 37 4 6 Telemetry Tab 38 4 7 Other Setup 40 4 8 Diagnostics Tab 41 4 9 LinkComm for Phones and Tablets 46 5 Telemetry 48 5 2 Retra...

Page 3: ...28 14 2 About the Command Line Interface 128 14 3 Sending Messages 129 14 4 Status 130 14 5 Setup 130 14 6 Measurements 132 14 7 Recording 133 14 8 Downloading the Log 133 14 9 Examples 134 14 10 Mach...

Page 4: ...bus 169 18 1 Modbus Hardware Interface 169 18 2 Modbus Setup 170 18 3 Modbus Function Codes 172 18 4 Sutron Function Codes 174 19 Appendix A Specifications 181 20 Appendix B Sutron Customer Service Po...

Page 5: ...cell phone modem that can operate when the unit is within range of a cell phone network of companies like AT T and T Mobile HSPALink includes a quad band GSM cell phone modem that can operate at 4G sp...

Page 6: ...for external antenna GPRSLink 1L GPRSLink 1 in a NEMA 4 box with connector for external antenna with a antenna lightning arrestor HSPALink 1 Basic HSPALink for operation on GSM networks such as T Mobi...

Page 7: ...m software The drivers for Windows PCs are named CDM v2 0 8 30 WHQL Certified exe The drivers for OS X v10 9 are named FTDIUSBSerialDriver_v2_3 dmg Please install the drivers before connecting X Link...

Page 8: ...ground connection point 1 Use a copper ground rod driven into the ground at least 6 feet 2 Attach a very heavy gauge 4 Solid Copper wire between the rod and the X Link Earth ground point The connectio...

Page 9: ...485 Modbus slave 6 RS485 B SDI 12 over RS 485 Modbus slave 7 WS DIG IN1 Wind Speed or Digital Input 1 8 TB DIG IN 2 Tipping Bucket or Digital Input 2 9 GND Ground for sensor 10 SW POWER Switched Powe...

Page 10: ...ential voltage input for bridge type sensors 21 DIFF C Differential voltage input for bridge type sensors 20 AGND Analog ground 19 VREF 2 5V output turned on during warm up and analog sensor measureme...

Page 11: ...verall station power budget reflecting the type of sensors how often they are measured and desired length of operation without solar power input Typical small stations reading a few sensors once per h...

Page 12: ...l require a larger 10 Watt or larger panel The internal solar panel charger is designed to output up to 1 5 Amps when peak charging conditions from a solar panel are present The Maximum battery size r...

Page 13: ...al beginning on page 68 1 7 7 RS 485 X Link can use the RS 485 connection in two ways SDI 12 and Modbus 1 7 7 1 Modbus over RS 485 X Link can function as a Modbus slave In this mode it can provide mea...

Page 14: ...r an analog sensor and when an analog measurement is made 1 8 Wakeup Button X Link models manufactured in 2013 or later have a wakeup button on the top right side of the box Pushing the button will ha...

Page 15: ...obile device o For Windows extract all files to a folder on your computer You may run LinkComm directly from this folder by double clicking LinkComm exe or to install LinkComm so that it appears on th...

Page 16: ...create a new station Set Station type to match your type of X Link set Connect type to Serial and set COM port to the port assigned to X Link b Press the Connect button to connect to X Link LinkComm...

Page 17: ...7 Select the Telemetry tab This is where you will set up X Link to transmit the data If the unit is in its factory default condition there will be no telemetry enabled To set up telemetry see page 92...

Page 18: ...the sensors supported and available through Sutron AT RH Air temperature and relative humidity using analog or SDI 12 sensors Precipitation using a tipping bucket Wind Speed Wind Direction RM Young o...

Page 19: ...tate as 1 or 0 RS 485 o Support for certain sensors such as the Seametrics flow meter SDI 12 input o SDI 12 V1 3 compliant supports multiple sensors all connected to the same bus One Accubar connector...

Page 20: ...ile versions of LinkComm are also available to run on Apple iPad and iPhone and on Google Android phones and tablets They can be found on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store respectively Quick S...

Page 21: ...station and connect settings notes and site images for every station you define are saved automatically as you make changes Hence there is no need to select any kind of Save menu item 4 1 1 Station Se...

Page 22: ...which one to use LinkComm first asks if you want to retrieve the setup from X Link If you answer No LinkComm then asks you if you want to send the local setup to X Link 4 1 2 Connection Settings There...

Page 23: ...will create a virtual Com port e g COM5 Each time the cable is connected to a different USB connection a new port is created The port assignment can be confirmed using Windows Device Manager Control...

Page 24: ...you may press the Update Station Names button to retrieve the list of stations that are associated with your redirector account 4 1 2 2 3 Dropped Connections Please note that remote connections over...

Page 25: ...3000 4 LinkComm is now connected to X Link It is possible to check status change setup download log and perform almost all other operations 5 Once the LinkComm session is complete make sure to disconn...

Page 26: ...ailable you ll have the option to take pictures to store as new site images When you click a site image it expands to fill the available window To delete a site image right click or press and hold the...

Page 27: ...onnect Button and shows the status of the current connection from LinkComm to X Link The button has two possible states LinkComm is connected to X Link Pressing the button in this state will cause Lin...

Page 28: ...when you press the button in each of the states LinkComm is connected to X Link recording is ON and the setups are in sync Press the button to turn off recording LinkComm will prompt for confirmation...

Page 29: ...The setup that is shown in LinkComm is not necessarily the same setup that is in a connected X Link To read a setup from an X Link and show it in LinkComm you may either use the setup status button as...

Page 30: ...o a file and later re use that setup by loading it into LinkComm To save an X Link setup to a file select Export setup from the main menu You may find it helpful to save reference copies of setups out...

Page 31: ...a setup from an external file The setup file was typically saved by a prior Export setup action Export setup Save the current setup to an external file The setup file is a text file containing propert...

Page 32: ...u refreshed status regardless of the measurements you may or may not have defined under Measurements To refresh the current status click the Refresh Status button To reset the station status including...

Page 33: ...s automatically populated with data on connect only if you have Get recent data on connect checked in the station Connection Settings Right clicking on the graph or touching the graph in the mobile ap...

Page 34: ...measurements The right side of the measurements tab shows the details of the selected measurement Only the high level details of using the measurements tab is discussed here See Measurement Setup for...

Page 35: ...can show only those sensor templates for a particular Manufacturer or only those sensor templates for a particular sensor Interface SDI 12 Analog Digital etc To use the selected template for configuri...

Page 36: ...del Manufacturer Description and Units is also reset to defaults 4 4 3 Verifying the Measured Value The Processing section of the measurement settings contains buttons to help you verify the measured...

Page 37: ...touching the graph will show a menu allowing you to select all series deselect all series or show points You may select or deselect individual data series for display using the legend just below the...

Page 38: ...Tab The Telemetry tab is used to configure a station for Iridium or Cellular communications and data reporting The contents of the tab differ for each telemetry type Telemetry tab showing cellular se...

Page 39: ...tab and can be refreshed as needed on demand Press the Refresh button to update the status text to the latest Press the Clear Counts button to clear all telemetry tallies Press Transmit Now to cause X...

Page 40: ...s RS 485 The controls in the Digital Output DOUT section can be used to view the status of the digital output and to control its state Press the Refresh button to display the current state of DOUT The...

Page 41: ...X Link to factory defaults 4 8 1 Firmware Versions and Diagnostics The top two text areas on the Diagnostics tab display information about the firmware installed in the connected X Link The Firmware V...

Page 42: ...latest Press the Save to file button to save all diagnostic text data to an external file 4 8 3 Terminal LinkComm features a built in terminal monitor program All communications between LinkComm and X...

Page 43: ...raffic direction and timestamp information To open the dialog press the Data Flow button on the Diagnostic tab When Autoscroll on data is checked the window advances when new data becomes available 4...

Page 44: ...ommand over the RS 485 bus The results of the command are shown in the SDI 12 history window To have X Link look for any and all sensors on the SDI 12 bus press the Find Devices button Information reg...

Page 45: ...test version of X Link firmware is delivered as part of the LinkComm download package obtained from the Sutron web site LinkComm may be downloaded from http www sutron com downloads htm search on Link...

Page 46: ...command to X Link X Link will perform a software reset LinkComm will then disconnect from X Link If you are issuing the command remotely please note that X Link will need a minute to get back on the...

Page 47: ...ing a link To access the measurements list on the Measurements tab press the Measurement X link just below the main menu icon 4 9 3 Scroll Down to See What Used to be Right On phones and tablets you m...

Page 48: ...y be sent to any IRIDIUMLink via email and IRIDIUMLink can reply to them It is possible to accomplish most any operation via those messages including setup change status check and log access X Link ca...

Page 49: ...to the modem is tested 3 Data is taken from the transmission buffer and handed to the modem If the station is sending a message some data may remain in the transmission buffer 4 The modem is asked to...

Page 50: ...transmitted o 14 00 Scheduled transmission completes Back to business as usual For retransmissions to take place the setting Retransmit must be enabled It is enabled by default A proper Tx Format is a...

Page 51: ...m a client GPRSLink HSPALink and CDMALink will have established a two way connection Data will be transferred to and from X Link in real time This means that you can use LinkComm to connect to X Link...

Page 52: ...ort X Link remains open You can send X Link a message with the TXLISTEN command that would cause it to temporarily go into listening mode Listening is automatically turned on by X Link for 10 minutes...

Page 53: ...is cell phone The following events cause notifications Alarms Details such as which measurement went into alarm and the measurement reading Station Rebooted The time the station rebooted is sent along...

Page 54: ...nd any alarm details 4 At the end of the SMS are the number of transmissions made today Below is the boot up notification There is no measurement data because the system had no time to make a reading...

Page 55: ...ad by a person Instead those transmissions are to be collected by a computer and the sensor data placed into a database SMS notifications on the other hand are meant to be sent directly to a customer...

Page 56: ...tation must have a strong signal for 10 to 20 minutes The antenna aiming feature can aid in correct station setup It will show the current signal strength Signal strength ranges from 0 no signal to 5...

Page 57: ...ng see below 5 4 4 Listening If Listening is enabled IRIDIUMLink keeps the modem powered on all the time This enables the immediate reception of any messages sent to IRIDIUMLink However it also increa...

Page 58: ...age STATUS Password protected stations will need login information to be the very first thing in a message LOGIN XXX STATUS X Link remembers the last message received since boot up To see it press the...

Page 59: ...h a new line or a semicolon E g LAST STATUS 5 6 Telemetry Status X Link keeps a variety of diagnostic information relating to remote communications Some of the status is available via LinkComm s Main...

Page 60: ...Listening Signal 3 4 bars Tx Enable On Tx Mode Internet Only IP 10 10 10 10 Phone 5551234567 Tx good total 17 today 0 Tx bad total 19 today 1 ReTx good total 18 today 0 Retransmissions pending from 20...

Page 61: ...king will NOT happen if the transmission interval is faster than Msg Interval This is because every transmission already includes a message check If a unit is setup with a Tx Interval of 1 hour and a...

Page 62: ...of TCP IP communications GPRSLink HSPALink and CDMALink will suffer from these overheads when data is sent to and from X Link Transmitting roughly 500 bytes of sensor data will result in approximatel...

Page 63: ...f measurement collection chances are that the most recent measurements will not complete before the transmission process starts This will mean that the transmission will contain missing data For examp...

Page 64: ...alarm Alternatively X Link can be set up to make a transmission when it goes into alarm and to make another transmission when it goes out of alarm X Link can control its digital output based on alarm...

Page 65: ...arm If the Alarm Tx Mode is Tx In the station will only make a transmission when it goes into alarm If the Alarm Tx Mode is Tx In And Out the station will make a transmission when it goes into alarm a...

Page 66: ...roken down by the user chosen Alarm Type setting 6 1 2 1 Hi Alarm When the Alarm Type is set to Hi if the sensor reading is greater than or equal to Alarm Threshold the station goes into alarm That st...

Page 67: ...ast reading is greater or equal to the Alarm Threshold the station goes into alarm The same station goes out of alarm if the absolute difference between the two readings absolute of current reading mi...

Page 68: ...en if unexpected effects occur the next measurement will be made correctly Changes to setup will not affect previously logged data Every time setup is changed it is noted in the log with the entry set...

Page 69: ...t digits To make the measurement read 10 12 rather than 10 12345 set the right digits to 2 Note that X Link will round to the requested number of digits before logging the data 7 1 1 4 Measurement Int...

Page 70: ...al subsamples Averaging Time determines how long to collect samples for Sampling Interval dictates how often to collect each sample Subsamples tell how many sensor readings to include in each sample D...

Page 71: ...ly if averaging is enabled If it is enabled you can select average minimum or maximum to be the logged result value If average is selected the average of all collected samples will be the result of th...

Page 72: ...gging Interval is set to zero X Link will log every measurement It is the same as having the Logging Interval equal to the Measurement Interval LinkComm provides a Log All checkbox when checked X Link...

Page 73: ...ope and offset are provided by the sensor manufacturer X Link supports more complex equation processing see Equations below Slope and offset are applied after equations The reading before slope and of...

Page 74: ...conds If you are using a lengthy equation X Link may not be able to complete a measurement every second or even every two seconds see Bad Schedule in the Error section 7 1 3 5 Equation Syntax The equa...

Page 75: ...e supported AND OR XOR SHL and SHR The last two are shift left and shift right For instance X SHL 4 would shift X left by 4 bits AND OR can also be used in logical expressions For instance X 100 OR X...

Page 76: ...ev3 to access the previously made reading by measurement 1 measurement 2 measurement 3 Use DeltaT1 DeltaT2 Delta T3 to access the amount of time in seconds between the most recent and the previous mea...

Page 77: ...ement M2 as a Meta measurement with the Meta Index set to 1 in order to reference M1 This ensures that M2 will wait for M1 to complete before producing a result Make sure the schedule for M1 and M2 is...

Page 78: ...ents one a Precip Rate with an interval of one hour and another as Precip Rate with an interval of one day Usually a slope is applied to convert the counts from the tipping bucket into inches of rain...

Page 79: ...ead real time Some SDI 12 devices can return more than one sensor reading such as a water quality probe that returns dissolved oxygen conductivity temperature etc Some of these devices will return mor...

Page 80: ...sensor is connected via RS 485 Do not forget to provide power to the sensor 7 1 4 8 Warmup If this number is not zero then the Switched Power line terminal 10 and VREF terminal 19 will be turned on fo...

Page 81: ...tion A 0 5V A Terminal 25 and AGND Terminal 26 Connection B 0 5V B Terminal 23 and AGND Terminal 24 Inputs 0 5V A and 0 5B are designed to be general purpose 0 5 Volt DC input While sometimes referred...

Page 82: ...C Terminal 21 and 22 Connection Diff D Terminal 17 and 18 Optional connection to VREF 19 and AGND 16 and 20 as needed Measurements Diff C and Diff D are designed to operate with a special type of anal...

Page 83: ...positive voltage must remain within the range of the differential input range selected 3 The common mode input range of the differential inputs must not be exceeded While the differential inputs are c...

Page 84: ...er than the input range of the sensor that is being connected For example if a sensor provides a reading from 0 to 100mV choose the 312mV option If you were to choose the 39mV option when the sensor p...

Page 85: ...rence voltage which provides 2 5V terminal 19 Switched Power which provides whatever voltage is powering X Link presumably 12V terminal 10 Normally these outputs are off Prior to making an analog meas...

Page 86: ...nt must be wind speed and the other wind direction Set up the measurements in order for example make measurement one a wind speed sensor and measurement two a wind direction sensor Both the wind speed...

Page 87: ...owing digital types Level 1 2 terminal 7 8 Counter 1 2 terminal 7 8 Frequency 1 2 terminal 7 8 Period 1 2 terminal 7 8 Frequency and Period share the same input terminal 12 Additionally the RM Young s...

Page 88: ...bucket and counters without debouncing on DIn2 will not work correctly as far as debouncing is concerned o Setting up a level measurement will work in combination with any other measurement o Setting...

Page 89: ...If the meta and the reference are scheduled for the same time X Link will try to delay the meta measurement until the reference completes 7 1 4 24 Manual Entry Manual entry measurement types allow th...

Page 90: ...d Exclude By selecting All all the measurements that are logged are also set to be transmitted Only readings made since the last transmission are included This setting is dependent on the Log Interval...

Page 91: ...multiple of the Logging Interval Setting Logging Interval to 15 minutes and Tx Data Interval to 20 minutes is not a good idea 7 1 7 Measurement Setup Defaults To change the setup of a single measurem...

Page 92: ...erature sensor is needed Set up two measurements with the same setup change the Measurement Interval and the Averaging Time and use a different Label for each One would happen once a day Measurement I...

Page 93: ...ry ten minutes afterwards Example Time 00 00 30 interval 00 05 00 00 00 30 transmission process starts 00 05 30 transmission process starts 00 10 30 transmission process starts and every five minutes...

Page 94: ...TEMP 29 0 09 14 2009 12 00 00 BATTV 13 53 09 14 2009 12 00 00 ANA 7 5 SHEF and SHEFFIX formats are described in details in the Data Transmission Formats section The SHEF formats are ASCII and legible...

Page 95: ...s specified by SMS Tx Phone If Tx Mode is set to Internet Fallback SMS and X Link will first try to connect to the Main Server If that fails it will try the Backup Server If it cannot establish an int...

Page 96: ...uch as station power on occur to numbers listed in SMS Notify Phone 7 2 2 10 SMS Notify Phone A See Below 7 2 2 11 SMS Notify Phone B If not blank event notification SMS will be sent to these numbers...

Page 97: ...2 17 Modem password Some providers require that a user name and password be provided in order to connect to the internet 7 2 2 18 SIM PIN Some SIM cards are locked with a PIN This setting holds the v...

Page 98: ...hat information consists of battery voltage and telemetry accounting such as the number of transmissions made and the number of bytes transmitted To prevent this data from being logged disable the Log...

Page 99: ...dbus All Modbus settings are described in the Modbus section page 169 7 3 1 7 Setup Defaults Selecting this option restores the unit s factory defaults This is a complete erasing of the setup All meas...

Page 100: ...ion via an analog output To wire it up connect like so RM Young Output X Link input AZ SIG Analog 0 5V either A or B WS SIG WS DIG IN1 REF AGND V SUPPLY SW POWER AX EXC VREF A 1 0 MOhm resistor needs...

Page 101: ...completion resistor 0 1 or better must be added This completion resistor will help X Link calculate the resistance of the thermistor by measuring the voltage generated by two resistances a known and...

Page 102: ...tions These transducers are designed to be driven by an excitation voltage VREF for this example and the output of the bridge is a differential reading that will have a full scale output that is a per...

Page 103: ...e shield wire on the pressure transducer to the earth ground on the side of the X Link The wire color column refers to a Druck PDCR 1830 series Sensor The setup to have the X Link measure STAGE from t...

Page 104: ...Terminal Block X Link Description Thermocouple Description 4 AGND not used 5 VREF wire to DIFF C 6 DIFF C Positive Output 7 DIFF C Negative Output This X Link setup will measure the temperature diffe...

Page 105: ...326 0 4305 0 0861 T Type Equations Linear delta T range of 20 C Approximation error is 0 30 C Temp C 25 892 X 1000 0 151 Terminal_temp Linear delta T range of 40 C Approximation error is 1 20 C Temp C...

Page 106: ...or period of time Value Active On Label DAYRAIN Meas Type Precip Rate Meas Interval 24 00 00 will give daily rain Averaging Time 00 00 00 Slope 01 for a tenth inch tipping bucket Offset 0 Use Equation...

Page 107: ...eter and not kilo Watts per square meter then you have a large slope For kW m 2 the slope would be 12 59446 Solar Radiation Setup Value Active On Label SOLRAD Meas Type Analog Analog Type Diff C Input...

Page 108: ...3 Meas Interval 00 15 00 Meas Time 00 00 00 Averaging Time 00 00 00 8 8 ISCO Sampler triggering based on Stage This section describes how to connect the sensor and how to set up X Link to trigger an...

Page 109: ...Interval 0 15 00 M1 Meas Time 0 00 00 M1 Meas Type SDI 12 M1 SDI 12 Address 0 M1 SDI 12 Command M M1 SDI 12 Param 1 M1 Slope 1 M1 Offset 0 M1 Use Equation Off M2 Active On M2 Label TRG M2 Right Digit...

Page 110: ...eametrics flow meters will automatically output data The data is output every 1 5 seconds when there is flow and at a much slower rate when there is no flow When there is no flow Seametrics will outpu...

Page 111: ...onds which is a bit more than 16 minutes no additional considerations are needed If more frequent data collection is needed please follow these steps o Change the Seametrics Logging Interval to be a b...

Page 112: ...t is possible to compute how many digital counts have ocurred between two readings The example below shows how to do exactly that Wind speed Setup Value M1 Active On M1 Meas Interval 00 00 10 M1 Meas...

Page 113: ...n Corporation X Link Operations Maintenance Manual Rev 1 63 5 24 2016 pg 113 For this setup DeltaT1 is always 10 Note that the equation becomes quite complicated if it needs to account for a rollover...

Page 114: ...log entry consists of date and time with a one second resolution name e g STAGE measurement reading optional measurement quality optional The format of logged data is the Sutron Standard CSV format wh...

Page 115: ...This means that the only parts of the log downloaded are those that have not been previously downloaded 9 2 Log Events Occasionally X Link will log events Events are used to help troubleshoot the dat...

Page 116: ...Time logged Value logged Messages Received Condition The number of messages received by X Link today Time logged Midnight Value logged Client Connect Condition A remote connection is established with...

Page 117: ...lue logged Hardware Fail Condition Logged along with a code to indicate a potential problem with the hardware Time logged Value logged Login Valid Condition Logged to indicate that the user logged int...

Page 118: ...averaging the timestamp of the logged measurement is the time the measurement was started The same is true for transmissions The timestamp of the transmission is the time when the transmission proces...

Page 119: ...e correct password is provided LinkComm provides a Password menu that can be used to log in change the password and log out LinkComm will prompt for a password when it is needed 10 1 Creating a Passwo...

Page 120: ...details X Link can automatically activate the output based on alarms The setting Output1 Control dictates whether alarm activity triggers the output The setting Output1 Control can be set to Manual X...

Page 121: ...later back into alarm A measurement setup for a ROC Alarm and an Alarm ROC Interval set to Since Last Tx does not have a going out of alarm state Those alarms will never turn off the digital output 11...

Page 122: ...intenance Manual Rev 1 63 5 24 2016 pg 122 With a pull up resistor connected o When the output is turned on the output syncs current from all attached devices o When the output is turned off the outpu...

Page 123: ...ct after the next good transmission 12 1 1 Time Change When its clock is changed X Link logs the time before the change and the time after the change to its log If the clock is changed by more than 15...

Page 124: ...d Every time sync is started by sending an I command to every SDI 12 device that X Link has been set up to measure If the device replies favorably to the I command an XDT command is issued to the devi...

Page 125: ...were to occur only once it remains in the system until cleared or rebooted 13 2 1 Sensor Failure This error indicates a problem with a sensor or a setup This error is recorded for SDI 12 sensors when...

Page 126: ...Too Short The averaging interval is either shorter than the sampling interval or than the sensor reply time Prior to version 1 46 the error Bad Schedule was used to mean either Meas Interval Too Short...

Page 127: ...Hardware Failure This error is recorded if any hardware issues were noted since boot up The errors will also be placed in the log Every hardware error has a code logged with it A hardware error usual...

Page 128: ...h X Link You should never have to use X Link s command line interface However some people prefer command line interactions Also if you want to send an SMS to a GPRSLink to check the station status you...

Page 129: ...oot up can be viewed via the front panel under the diagnostics menu When X Link receives a message it handles the input just as if it were on the commands For example issuing the command M1 ACTIVE OFF...

Page 130: ...Tx today good 2 bad 0 Last Scheduled Tx Completed Success 2012 03 30 12 00 10 Last Alarm Tx Completed Success 2012 03 30 11 56 20 Next Scheduled Tx Future 2012 03 30 16 00 10 Next Alarm Tx In progress...

Page 131: ...23 To change setup try STATION NAME SUTRON STATION NAME SUTRON DEV 1 Setup changed Station Name SUTRON DEV 1 max length 23 Changing measurement setup fields requires that the measurement be named For...

Page 132: ...MEAS type M1 DETAILS ON Instead of using M1 M2 etc you may also the measurement s Label For example if you have named measurement one as BARO typing BARO will show the setup of the measurement an typ...

Page 133: ...device It is possible to do a plain text download without Y Modem by using the NY option One can exclude the header with the NH option It is possible to download sensor data only omitting events with...

Page 134: ...me 00 00 00 Averaging Time 00 00 00 Logging Interval 00 00 00 Log Error Value 99999 00 Meas Type SDI 12 SDI 12 Address 0 SDI 12 Command M SDI 12 Param 1 Slope 1 001000 Offset 0 001000 Use Equation Off...

Page 135: ...cally send data out on the USB port For more details see page 98 14 12 Command Reference Documentation Legend 0 If a 0 follows a listed command it means that the command can optionally be followed by...

Page 136: ...gnator E g M1 LEAS it shows only one sensor LOG This command is used to download the log Try LOG HELP See Downloading the Log section above for more details LOGIN To log into a password protected stat...

Page 137: ...ensors X Link will issue I commands to all SDI 12 addresses in hopes of locating sensors SETUP If provided without any other parameters it lists all setup details That includes each setup variable and...

Page 138: ...a was in the transmission buffer This command can help properly set up the station Once the measurements have been set up for transmission issue the TXFORM command to see what the transmission will lo...

Page 139: ...2006 01 20 12 00 00 2006 01 21 12 00 00 append M1 to include only data from measurement one e g TXNOW M1 M2 12 00 00 13 00 00 UPG Initiates a system software upgrade It needs to be followed by the Y M...

Page 140: ...y and X Link should show a prompt 9 If X Link will shows a prompt type UPGRADE or UPG X Link will say Send upg file via YModem 10 If X Link does not show a prompt reset power to the unit and immediate...

Page 141: ...e to satellite until they are received at the ground station in Tempe AZ From there the messages are delivered to up to five destinations via the internet Iridium can also deliver messages directly to...

Page 142: ...ble in all areas Be sure to try out a normal cell phone at every location you plan to use to make sure the area is covered Beware of coverage maps as they may not properly reflect your ability to comm...

Page 143: ...support GPRS but not HSPA Note that this functionality is completely transparent to the end user and does not require any extra input from the user 15 1 3 CDMA CDMA is a service offered in the United...

Page 144: ...es 15 2 Decide where You Want the Data to Be Transmitted Most users will find it convenient to transmit data to SutronWin SutronWin is a complete data reception management presentation system availabl...

Page 145: ...onfigure your firewall to allow in the messages from the station 15 3 Estimate Communications Costs Download Sutron s communications calculator www sutron com downloads XLinkCalculator to estimate com...

Page 146: ...3 Pseudobinary B 8 6 KB 25 00 Pseudobinary C 16 11 KB 25 00 15 3 2 Example 2 Measuring One Value Every 15 Minutes and Transmitting it Hourly Wireless Cost Calculator Fill in all yellow boxes Unit Name...

Page 147: ...tes and Transmitting it Every 15 Minutes Wireless Cost Calculator Fill in all yellow boxes Unit Name Omega of Sensors 1 Measurement Interval 00 15 00 Transmit Interval 00 15 00 GPRS Bytes Msg Wyless B...

Page 148: ...00 15 00 Transmit Interval 00 15 00 GPRS Bytes Msg Wyless B Msg Wyless B Month TGPRS 1MB Sheffix 204 535 1 505 KB 11 88 Pseudobinary B 48 379 1 067 KB 10 17 Pseudobinary C 128 464 1 305 KB 11 10 IRID...

Page 149: ...ng partners domestic service o WYLESS international partners o Verizon CDMA domestic service o Sprint CDMA domestic service You ll need to order activation a monthly plan with 1MB 5MB 20MB or 1GB incl...

Page 150: ...x checks 15 6 2 GPRS USA 15 6 2 1 T MOBILE GPRS USA TGPRS ACT Activation one time charge TGPRS 1MB PLAN Monthly plan per month 1MB included TGPRS 1MB ADDL Overage charge per MB TGPRS 5MB PLAN Monthly...

Page 151: ...onthly plan per month 20MB included SCDMA 1MB ADDL Overage charge per MB SCDMA SMS Each 15 6 4 GPRS International Contact Sutron about operation in Canada 15 6 4 1 WYLESS INTERNATIONAL GPRS INTERNATIO...

Page 152: ...ations Maintenance Manual Rev 1 63 5 24 2016 pg 152 15 6 5 VPN VPN connection only needed if customer is not using SutronWin and or wants to initiate connection to field station WVPN IPSEC One time ch...

Page 153: ...includes details such as the sensor name and whether the transmission is a result of an alarm event After the sensor data is delivered to the server the server may log into X Link and issue commands t...

Page 154: ...k transmission uses the header described below The header starts with a single byte in the ASCII printable range to make it easy to interpret the content Most transmissions will just have one header b...

Page 155: ...station name packet type Numeric ASCII character defining packet type See type definitions in table below id Numeric ASCII text defining the message id Starts at 0 Rolls over after 99 total bytes Nume...

Page 156: ...minal LinkComm Tools Menu Terminal To enable it type Tx Station Name On o After all the headers system will append N Station Name o If the station name were Two Creeks it would be N Two Creeks STANDAR...

Page 157: ...value 10 RightDigits The string will be sent if the data was never measured or was erased All the required values for one sensor most recent first before proceeding to the next measurement This format...

Page 158: ...s measurement Measurement Data 3 for each sensor reading Measurement data collected This data contains only those measurements set up to be included in the transmission see Tx Data Content The data va...

Page 159: ...sor reading made at 09 20AM FM 397 3 97 M1 oldest sensor reading made at 09 19AM Delimiter for next measurement B Measurement M2 Be 165 June 14th M2 day of the year of the most recent reading Hq 561 0...

Page 160: ...or each sensor reading Measurement data collected This data contains only those measurements set up to be included in the transmission see Tx Data Content The data values are 3 byte binary encoded sig...

Page 161: ...3 Sensor M1 collected at 01 58 NF 902 9 02 Sensor M1 collected at 01 57 NE 901 9 01 Sensor M1 collected at 01 56 DG 263 26 3 Sensor M2 collected at 02 00 F 12 12 00V Battery voltage 16 6 Six Bit Binar...

Page 162: ...3 Example 3 Encoding the Number 12345 in 3 Bytes 1 First we have to convert 12345 into two s complement 18 bit binary 12345 base 10 111100 111111 000111 base 2 2 Now we can convert each piece back to...

Page 163: ...lf descriptive information The format of the transmission data is LABEL1 OFFSET INTERVAL DATA1 DATA1 DATA1 LABEL2 OFFSET INTERVAL DATA2 DATA2 DATA2 LABEL N OFFSET INTERVAL DATA N DATA N DATA N LABEL T...

Page 164: ...ing EXT This string was given by an external device through the RS232 port Notice how much longer this message is compared to the earlier binary examples HG 3 15 10 20 10 15 PC 1 15 50 49 TA 0 15 22 1...

Page 165: ...erally used to help set up a station The format was introduced in 2009 and is common to current Sutron products The general format specification for Sutron Standard CSV format is mm dd yyyy hh mm ss l...

Page 166: ...f Sensors can be interchanged without reprogramming the data recorder with calibration or other information Power is supplied to sensors through the interface The use of a standard serial interface el...

Page 167: ...or bad data The maximum current used on the 12V line should not exceed 2 amps at any time Please note that Modbus RS 485 and SDI 12 are mutually exclusive If Modbus RS 485 is enabled X Link will NOT...

Page 168: ...hanges the address of sensor 0 to address 5 Another useful SDI 12 command is the aI where a is the address of the sensor e g 3I for sensor at address 3 command 4I will return an identification string...

Page 169: ...more 18 1 Modbus Hardware Interface There are two interfaces that support Modbus communication o RS 485 o Cell modem GPRSLink HSPALink and CDMALink Each interface can be setup independently of the oth...

Page 170: ...on and ready to accept commands from the Modbus master Listen Port This is the port that the Modbus master will use to access X Link The Listen Port setting in X Link must match the Modbus master s p...

Page 171: ...e connected to one Modbus master The device ID is the address that is used by the Modbus master to select which device to communicate with Each slave on the bus must have a unique device ID ranging fr...

Page 172: ...0ms 2000ms 18 2 1 10 Modbus Delay after Tx Default is 10ms This identifies the number of milliseconds to wait after data transmission This is useful if the device is connected to a radio that requires...

Page 173: ...Year of current time 1004 2000 Month of current date 1005 1 12 Day of current month 1006 1 31 Recording status 1007 1 means running 0 means stopped Reset Unit 1008 Write 1 to reset Modbus Protocol 100...

Page 174: ...6 105 106 205 206 305 306 405 406 M4 7 8 107 108 207 208 307 308 407 408 M5 9 10 109 110 209 210 309 310 409 410 M6 11 12 111 112 211 212 311 312 411 412 M7 13 14 113 114 213 214 313 314 413 414 M8 15...

Page 175: ...value must be in the following format MM DD YYYY HH MM SS The numbytes value refers to the number of data bytes from the log entry to include in the response not the number of bytes to store in the re...

Page 176: ...he numbytes value in the GLR response does not include the comma preceding the data and refers to the number of data bytes from the log that are being returned not the number of packet bytes used to s...

Page 177: ...station must request the data again start should be the same value as startpos in the Get File command The numbytes value in the GFR response does not include the comma preceding the data and refers...

Page 178: ...013 06 12 11 36 46 Recording since 2013 06 11 12 41 06 Booted at 2013 06 12 11 36 23 Battery 13 2V Station Name DEV_ONE Sent bytes total 197 today 197 Received bytes total 0 today 0 Msgs received tota...

Page 179: ...sensors txt 88 06 12 2013 12 07 24 status txt 512 06 12 2013 12 07 24 Due to a limitiation the size of setup txt is always 512 bytes As X Link has no real file system the date of the files will always...

Page 180: ...g 180 STATION NAME HAPPY CREEK M1 MEAS INTERVAL 00 00 30 The format of the reply is as follows SFR status bytepos numbytes The value of status can be any of the following values Value Description 0 Ok...

Page 181: ...m x 33 0mm without optional base plate or enclosure Power Connection 2 position terminal strip SDI 12 Port 3 position terminal strip USB Port Mini B Male 5 pin Red Warning LED Indicates setup or opera...

Page 182: ...Quad Band GSM Modem with 4G speeds CDMALink CDMA Modem IRIDIUMLink IRIDIUM Modem SINGLE ENDED ANALOG INPUTS Number available 2 Input Range 0 to 5V with respect to ground Resolution 0 298 V Noise p p...

Page 183: ...EASUREMENT INTERNAL Range 40 C to 60 C Accuracy 3 deg DIGITAL INPUT 1 2 TIPPING BUCKET TYPE Switch Contact Type Pulse Width between 30ms 120ms Range DC to 120 tips min min DIGITAL INPUT 1 2 FREQUENCY...

Page 184: ...ace we will work with you until we find a solution Sometimes a problem is application related Although we pride ourselves on handling 95 of application related questions over the phone we maintain con...

Page 185: ...s or defects from any cause shall be limited exclusively to repair or replacement parts under the aforesaid conditions Sutron requires the return of the defective electronic products or parts to the f...

Page 186: ...rmally ranges from 10 30 days after Sutron receives equipment for repair Call Customer Service at 703 406 2800 for a Return Material Authorization RMA number Return the defective equipment to the fact...

Page 187: ...nclosure GPRSLink 1 X or IRIDIUMLink 1 X to being mounted inside another enclosure 1 Standard Enclosure 2 Wall Panel Mount System 3 Din Rail Mount System Sutron NEVER recommends direct outdoor mountin...

Page 188: ...tening Enabled 29 mA continuous operating average WiFi On 16 2 mA Transmission averages are measured from exiting quiescent state to entering quiescent state A single GPRS transmission takes 140 secon...

Page 189: ...are external to the enclosure Any moisture that works its way into a RF coaxial cable will guarantee a failure in the near future 3 Proper installation of a station includes using tie downs and caref...

Page 190: ...t having the box mounted on the side of a tower where the tower is taller than the top of the box If the tower is too tall to be able to mount on the top of the tower then mount the box and or externa...

Page 191: ...120 E Errors 125 Bad Schedule 125 Bad Setup 126 Bad Wind Setup 126 Battery Low 127 Clearing 125 Hardware Failure 127 LED 125 Recording Off 126 Sensor Failure 125 Time Not Set 127 Events 115 F Formatt...

Page 192: ...om transmission 157 SMS 163 PULSE12 75 R Raw Reading 73 Reboot X Link 46 Recording 98 redirector 24 Reset X Link 46 ReTx 48 Right Digits 69 161 RS232 Connector 7 S SDI 12 Address 167 Connector 12 Mini...