Sutron Xpert2, Operation And Maintenance Manual

Page 1: ...Data Logger Operations and Maintenance Manual Part No 8800 1173 Rev 3 22 November 2 2017 Sutron Corporation 22400 Davis Drive Sterling Virginia 20164 TEL 703 406 2800 FAX 703 406 2801 WEB http www sut...

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Page 3: ...odules Work 9 Optional SLL Library 10 PREPARING FOR SETUP 14 Analyze the System 14 Choosing the Right Block 14 SDI 12 Sensors over RS 485 port on an 8080 0000 3B 15 Redirecting SDI to COM9 on an 8080...

Page 4: ...4 Upload Download Setups 75 Download log files 75 CHAPTER 4 GRAPHICAL SETUP DIAGRAMS 77 OVERVIEW 78 AN EXAMPLE SETUP DIAGRAM 79 Block Categories 79 Block Inputs and Outputs 79 Block Connectability 80...

Page 5: ...AN XPERT 122 USING COM PORTS 125 Overview 125 Pin out information 125 Jumper Settings 127 Maximum Current Draw from Com Port Pin 9 128 Xpert Com 1 4 128 Xpert com 5 9 Optional Quad Serial board 129 S...

Page 6: ...e FM 163 GetTag 164 GillWind Gill Wind Sensor 165 Heat Flux HeatFlux 167 Internal Battery IntBat 170 Log Input 171 ML2x Soil Moisture Sensor ML2x 172 MRL 700 Radar Sensor MRL700 173 Net Radiometer Sen...

Page 7: ...203 Bool Boolean 205 CS625 Water Content Reflectometer CS625WCR 206 Dew Point DewPt 208 DQAP Quality Controlled Average 209 Interpolate Interpolate 211 Georgia Pacific Sampler GPSmpl 213 Measure Measu...

Page 8: ...OCKS 253 Display Display 253 Field Variable FieldVar 254 APPENDIX B UPDATING THE FIRMWARE 257 UPDATING THE FIRMWARE 258 Serial Ethernet Upgrade 258 Customizing a Serial Ethernet Upgrade 259 Storage Ca...

Page 9: ...VIEW 282 APPENDIX F CREATING CUSTOM VOICE FILES 283 OVERVIEW 284 APPENDIX G AUTOEXEC BAT AND REMOTE EXE 285 AUTOEXEC BAT 286 REMOTE EXE 287 ABOUT Command Example 296 Get Command Example 297 INFO comma...

Page 10: ...x NFDRS 309 INSAT 310 BUFR 311 BUFR Content Options 314 APPENDIX I DIMENSIONS 315 XPERT2 DATA LOGGER 316 IO MODULES 318 XPERT MODEM 319...

Page 11: ...Chapter 1 Introduction...

Page 12: ...needed Scalable handles simple as well as complex sites Low power consumption sleep modes with low quiescent power low operating power Battery operated each module operates off of 9 5 to 16 VDC Wide t...

Page 13: ...r digital output simply connect a Sutron I O module in through the unit s I2 C port Need to add more sensors than one module will support Simply stack additional modules onto the first The Xpert suppo...

Page 14: ...um thirty two megabytes of flash disk for data and program storage and thirty two megabytes of RAM for program execution All units support expanding storage up to 2GB via the SD card slot All inputs t...

Page 15: ...Xpert without Display with 8 Serial ports In addition the following are available as add ons to the system Xpert Telemetry Modules 8080 0005 1 Speech modem SL2 G312 1 Satellite Transmitter Xpert I O...

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Page 17: ...Chapter 2 Getting Started...

Page 18: ...s that have a touch screen One CDROM containing PC Utilities and manuals One DB9 M F serial cable Common Optional Items The next items sold separately either because they can be shared between systems...

Page 19: ...oes not respond properly to the stylus the touchscreen may need calibration Refer to the troubleshooting section for help to recalibrate the touchscreen Verify XTerm Works XTerm is a program that conn...

Page 20: ...s to receive data from an Aanderaa logger but may also be used to parse any space or comma separated numeric data using an RS 232 com port AirGap sll The purpose of this SLL is to allow users to conne...

Page 21: ...he capabilities of the modbus sll to work with a device built by Applied Systems Engineering to interface to an IEC 104 network Iridium sll This SLL adds support for Iridium cell modem communications...

Page 22: ...quadrature at much faster rates than the normal Quad block in the Xpert A single QuadW block reads all four channels of the Weeder Tech module The WTDIN M will retain its measurement of position unti...

Page 23: ...odel 9210 data logger The VW DSP can be used by itself to measure temperature and pressure from two vibrating wire sensors e g those made by Geokon The VW DSP can also be wired to one or more Canary S...

Page 24: ...partment They ve worked with many data collection and reporting scenarios and can help you set up your system just as you need Choosing the Right Block As Chapters 3 4 and 5 will reveal the Xpert setu...

Page 25: ...tial SDI 12 interface two for power and two for data Wire as follows SENSOR 8080 0000 3B GND COM9 pin 5 12V in COM9 pin 9 with J4 configured for 12V RS 485 A COM9 pin 3 idles high RS 485 B COM9 pin 2...

Page 26: ...orporation Tel 703 406 2800 http www sutron com 16 flash disk remote exe com1 115200 flash disk xpert exe SDI COM9 Note Be sure to include the colon after the 9 NOTE Once the Xpert application has bee...

Page 27: ...ts graphical user interface GUI If the Xpert has a touch screen display the GUI is available on the front of the Xpert If the Xpert does not have a touch screen then a PC running XTerm must be used to...

Page 28: ...b under Users Access to this tab is available to the Setup group only Press the Logout button on the Main tab to logout NOTE If using Xterm Logout does not close Xterm it just logs you out of the syst...

Page 29: ...a system depend on the DLLs installed in the system and the access mode selected at login Date Time Date and or time are used to perform scheduled functions The internal clock will keep time accurate...

Page 30: ...of recording i e whether measurements are being made and logged This box also indicates whether transmissions are enabled when recording is on When recording is off the status box reads OFF and the b...

Page 31: ...ed from the system If on power up the system detects that it has lost the date and time it will set the date to 1 1 1984 No other operating parameters are preserved by this battery See Common Maintena...

Page 32: ...time as desired The following table gives a brief description of the purpose of each item The sections following the table give more detail on each item Tree Item Description Basic Used to compile an...

Page 33: ...manage setups On power up the setup file having the same base name as the station name is loaded or if such a file doesn t exist the file default ssf is loaded if it exists SNTP Used to configure syst...

Page 34: ...ons will stop OFF will be displayed if alarm transmissions have been disabled by for instance a voice modem user or a Basic program The Direct Connect LOS Radio SSP and RS485 blocks are also capable o...

Page 35: ...time Typically com1 would not be checked as it is used for Xterm communications to setup the station You would check it if you wanted to connect a communications device to com1 and see alarm data go...

Page 36: ...UENCE number as the original message This is used to prevent the same message from being processed twice due to a long network delay Reply Delay When the Xpert is acting as a slave this is how long th...

Page 37: ...re Send to All If checked messages will be sent to all 3 URLs If left unchecked then each URL is tried in order until a message has been delivered Disable Alerts If checked this will disable alert mes...

Page 38: ...system to prompt you for a destination and a message The destination can be a master station or another field station For mail to work you will need to have a dedicated or LOS radio communications li...

Page 39: ...a simple text message is sent and a prompt is made asking for the alarm to be acknowledged Voice Modem Settings This is the Voice Modem settings screen When an alert occurs each phone number is tried...

Page 40: ...phrase to speak in this example The button is used to edit and or add the command to the command list is used to move a phrase up in the list and is used to move a phrase down x can be used to delete...

Page 41: ...ber is entered with the DTMF keypad may be used to specify a decimal point Press the button is used to indicate the end Pressing twice will allow the number to be re entered See SpeakManual and StoreM...

Page 42: ...peaks the prefix phrase live value suffix phrase and alarm status of the specified sensor SpeakManual Speaks the last data entered by the user with the InputManual command or 0 if no value has been en...

Page 43: ...Phrase To hang up SpeakPhrase Please press SpeakPhrase 3 BranchDTMF Label DTMF 1 SpeakAllTags Pause 1 0 Branch USER 1 Label DTMF 2 AckAlarms SpeakPhrase Alarm SpeakPhrase Acknowledge SpeakPhrase Thank...

Page 44: ...g SSP Sutron Standard Protocol The SSP and RS 485 options are very similar to the LOS Radio option The primary difference being that SSP assumes a direct SSP Only serial connection between two devices...

Page 45: ...asurement schedule has a set of sensors assigned to it Whenever the measurement schedule executes the sensors are measured In the example above two measurement schedules have been defined The first sc...

Page 46: ...l and Samples to Average is exceeded MEASUREMENT INTERVAL Specifies how often the measurement is performed MEASUREMENT TIME Specifies when the measurement is performed This is can be viewed as an offs...

Page 47: ...e shown for each log entry on the Log tab Of course all 2048 bytes are included in an export of the log After creating or editing a measurement schedule it s tree entry is shown collapsed Expand the e...

Page 48: ...n parameters are grouped together under the sensor entry The following shows a proper setup for RMYoung See the section Multi Output Sensors for more information on how to ensure sensors with multiple...

Page 49: ...own in the Sensor Configuration dialog as well as on the dialog that appears once More is clicked Note Most sensors have many more important settings than can be shown on the EzSetup Sensor Configurat...

Page 50: ...are linked One measurement of the sensor will be made every 15 minutes to obtain both values Dir and Speed The same is the case for the GillWind sensor on COM4 However the GillWind sensor on COM5 doe...

Page 51: ...displayed underneath the Graphical Setup main branch Some of the details shown for each measurement include sensor name channel usage last data value and quality quality only if it is bad and schedul...

Page 52: ...en shot If not unique change the module number as described in the Naming I O Modules section below Naming I O Modules An I O module name consists of a three character descriptor indicating module typ...

Page 53: ...is connected to the ethernet jack Auto is typically only set when you plan to connect your PC or laptop directly to the Xpert which requires a special ethernet crossover cable see below When Auto is...

Page 54: ...hased When using a crossover cable set the LAN Configuration either to On or to Auto As mentioned above Auto will turn the LAN on and off automatically according to whether there is something connecte...

Page 55: ...recent data is always transmitted first on the first successful reconnect followed by the oldest to newest data from any previous failed transmissions Up to 7 days of missed data will be retransmitted...

Page 56: ...of Capture with the Hydromet Cloud compatible option selected When Tx Protocol is set to None the Hydromet Cloud compatible protocol is bypassed and the data is simply dumped to the destination server...

Page 57: ...iles in the system click Log files and then press the Edit button at the bottom of the screen Log Properties For each log file this window lists the name of the file location name log the size of the...

Page 58: ...be busy for over an hour Use Flash disk filename log to store log files into internal flash Use USB Card filename log to store file onto a USB thumb drive Use SD Card filename log to store file onto a...

Page 59: ...d for all log records if any is printed before the date and time When Include field header is checked the exported file contains a header describing the format of each log record field if any When Inc...

Page 60: ...agency Comm Port The Com Port property identifies the COM port to which Satlink is connected Satlink connects to the comm port using a standard DB9 serial cable Local Time Offset The Local Time Offse...

Page 61: ...the setting of the Self Timed transmission properties The properties correspond to settings that will be sent to Satlink to configure it as well as settings that will be used by the Xpert itself to m...

Page 62: ...s is included The supported formats are ASCII Column is a human readable format with sensor values in columns Each row represents data from a previous measurement interval SHEF format conforms to NESD...

Page 63: ...Typical rates are 01 00 00 for hourly transmissions and 04 00 00 for transmissions every 4 hours Window This property defines the size of the window in HH MM SS that is given for the transmission Satl...

Page 64: ...how often the Burst random transmissions will be made These burst transmissions occur when the unit first goes into alarm The rate is specified in HH MM SS Format Several formats are supported for ran...

Page 65: ...lf time dialogs Test transmissions should only be made on special test channels or with the Satlink connected to a dummy load Otherwise the transmission may interfere with other stations The test mess...

Page 66: ...d in the text box to the left of the send button Change the message by selecting custom and then changing the message using the control If the setup has been entered this dialog will display the Curre...

Page 67: ...lf test routines will run each time the system starts and will continue running until stopped by the user The self test routines prompt for user input or acknowledgment at several points in the test I...

Page 68: ...ad write test Make sure a USB thumb drive is inserted when running this test Power consumption test All test runs begin with this test The system puts itself into deep sleep for I minute so that the u...

Page 69: ...ill be overwritten Open The Open option is used to open existing setup files Save As The Save As option is used to save current settings to a file with a different name A large number of setups can be...

Page 70: ...ptions When Enable SNTP time sync enabled the logger attempts to set system time using the NTP time source defined by Server 1 If Server 1 can t be reached for some reason Server 2 is tried Likewise i...

Page 71: ...that have been permitted In the screen below Susan has been placed in the data Retrieval user group She may leave the unit inactive for 1 minute before it will time out She has been granted access ri...

Page 72: ...ivity must pass in order to automatically log out the user Starting with Xpert v3 2 Access Rights may also be assigned These allow the user to be restricted to accessing only the Command Line TCP IP S...

Page 73: ...ow and then press the Meas button To get a live reading from all the sensors press Meas All Regularly scheduled sampling always gets priority over live readings which might result in a live reading ta...

Page 74: ...sure D0 data I information V verify and C A timer runs whenever a response is received on SDI 12 This timer is displayed and shows the number of seconds that have elapsed since the last response The u...

Page 75: ...ue for the value that is displayed Change will also kickback the value to blocks to which it is connected e g if a Coms Tag is connected to a Constant Block you can use change to alter the value of th...

Page 76: ...ach setup block has a properties window that is used to view or change its properties These windows are brought up by clicking an icon and then selecting Edit Properties from the menu that pops up The...

Page 77: ...le assign the name BP Interval Public Name must be unique in the system in order to uniquely identify the referenced property If no Public Name is specified it defaults to Internal Name when OK is pre...

Page 78: ...in the log This time is normally the time when the data was measured In the case of an average the time will be the time of the last measurement In other cases the time will be the time the computati...

Page 79: ...t be modified in the Setup screen Navigating the Log The log file can be navigated either with the scroll bars on the sides of the Log window or with the buttons at the bottom of the display Day Day T...

Page 80: ...If the Xpert contains a storage card USB or SD then when the button labeled UP is pressed you will be able to select one of USB Card or SD Card as a destination When you press the Export button the fo...

Page 81: ...1 Start log to end time When this option is selected the system exports only the data that has a timestamp between the start of the log and the time specified in End Time If you are using XTerm and pr...

Page 82: ...tem in general To update the status menu press the Refresh button Select the Options button to access status reporting options The Status Options allows the user to configure where status and debug me...

Page 83: ...p button is used to stop the Xpert program Normally this is only done when you want to update the program itself When the Xpert program is stopped no data collection or recording will take place The s...

Page 84: ...lites A storage card can be used to increase the amount of log file flash disk space from the built in 32MB shared to the size of the storage card To do this follow these steps 1 First place the card...

Page 85: ...n click ok To open a setup using XTERM or the touchscreen 1 Place the card into the storage card slot 2 Go into the SETUP tab 3 Select the FILE drop down menu to do a OPEN or APPEND 4 From the file se...

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Page 87: ...Chapter 4 Graphical Setup Diagrams...

Page 88: ...eded for calculating other parameters use the graphical setup The graphical setup blocks screen is accessed by going into the Setup tab and clicking on either the Graphical Setup tree and clicking EDI...

Page 89: ...g Telemetry Miscellaneous and Output Four of these types of block are represented above On the left are the input blocks representing barometric pressure and solar radiation sensors hooked to the syst...

Page 90: ...n the next section Active Blocks and Push Pull Active blocks are blocks that make the other blocks connected to them execute or perform their function This results in data being pushed and pulled from...

Page 91: ...ct and Bool blocks in order to ensure this kind of block operates on data measured in the same frame and to avoid certain side effects that come from active blocks executing along split paths that rej...

Page 92: ...sor block the following block properties window comes up revealing the pressure units to be sampled the SDI address the averaging time and the temperature options Viewing the property windows for the...

Page 93: ...lank setup screen Let s say we ve just physically hooked up two sensors to our Xpert and want to add them to this new setup One is an RM Young wind sensor from which we want to log wind speed and wind...

Page 94: ...the Wizard we can see that not only has the RMYoung sensor block has been added to the setup screen but a measure block and log block as well with connections The exact blocks that are automatically a...

Page 95: ...and log blocks and connect them to the wind direction output of the RMYoung block To do this first click the RMYoung icon click Select Output and then from the slide out menu click Dir for the direct...

Page 96: ...file as the previous one So to add this second log block click the Add button select Logging to bring up the logging blocks select the Log block and then click OK we didn t have to select the output...

Page 97: ...click OK Processing Block Example Now click the top measure sensor block and select Edit Properties This is where we enter the start time offset and the sampling interval The measure block is used whe...

Page 98: ...this label is especially important in cases where there are more than one of the same types of sensor The Precision indicates to what precision the data wind speed in our example will be logged The v...

Page 99: ...a simple example of wiring and unwiring let s say we want to change the setup we have built so far to 1 add a solar radiation sensor block and 2 hook its output to the second log block instead of the...

Page 100: ...03 406 2800 http www sutron com 90 To unhook these two blocks click the Wire button at the top of the screen The blocks unwired will look like this To now hook the measure and log blocks to the new SR...

Page 101: ...appears This also deletes the wires coming from that block For example if we deleted the second Measure block from above the resulting Setup Diagram would then look like this Deleting Multiple Blocks...

Page 102: ...or the example above to insert a display block before the measure of the RMYoung select measure then insert Notice the Input if a block with multiple inputs is selected this would show all available i...

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Page 105: ...CHAPTER 5 EXAMPLE SETUPS...

Page 106: ...art by setting the station name This name will identify the station and allow the setup file name to be unique Do this from the MAIN Tab by clicking the three dots next to Station Name and typing or c...

Page 107: ...p If alarms were to be defined the RANDOM tree would be the place to set that information Measuring a shaft encoder every 15 minute on a fixed interval is easily accomplished using the new EZSetup tre...

Page 108: ...the display It is possible to log a different amount of precision than is displayed on the front panel the default value used here comes from the Rt Digits set on the main Sensor Configuration page Fo...

Page 109: ...red reading and the system now has calculated the offset Since this example has 0 00 in it the offset will match what is entered had the system been running for a while and had an actual reading it wo...

Page 110: ...he data from the same shaft encoder Check the box labeled AVG on the Sensor Configuration screen Once the setup is completed go to the main tab and press START recording Before leaving the setup tab a...

Page 111: ...her by Sutron or by using the software development kit Once the measurements have been defined and the associated blocks needed to do the measurements have been identified it is time to start building...

Page 112: ...transmissions have been defined Adding transmission parameters is easy Simply select the output data to transmit by selecting a point typically a log block and selecting its output Then add a self tim...

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Page 114: ...o of the PocketPC screen is the same as the Xperts except rotated This ensures the user can see the Xpert screen with maximum resolution Installing XTerm There is no special installation needed for XT...

Page 115: ...on a PC at the IP address specified Useful to assist other users since all actions performed on remote pc are viewed at the pc connected to the Xpert 9210 Telnet Allows XTerm to communicate with a net...

Page 116: ...s not been created for Xterm in Windows Firewall requires access to UDP port 52733 or perhaps because the Xpert is running firmware older than 3 2 before this feature was introduced The Detect button...

Page 117: ...due to a long network delay The preset buttons set the SSP timing according to 4 common scenarios The 115 2k puts the values back to their defaults Smart Modem selects a very long 1 minute ack delay...

Page 118: ...condition the system will automatically run remote exe on com1 However if the file is there the system will execute the contents of autoexec bat In this case remote exe is run only if there is a line...

Page 119: ...and how to update its display However the nature of serial communications sometimes causes screen updates to lag slightly or become garbled As an example log in to the Xpert and select the different t...

Page 120: ...about the software that is running When you select File Transfer you will see a window similar to the following desktop PC shown left PocketPC shown right The list on the left top for PocketPC shows...

Page 121: ...elete files on either the PC or Xpert Use either the Run button or the Run menu item to run a program on the Xpert Note that it is not possible to run a program with command line arguments in this way...

Page 122: ...ory the program is running size is the number of bytes used by the program and time is the amount of CPU time in seconds that the program has used If you double click on any of the processes the syste...

Page 123: ...erm with the following command XTerm remote localhost or from another machine on the network via XTerm remote yourIPorURL Auto Update The auto update checkbox causes XTerm to continuously request scre...

Page 124: ...OTOCOL HOSTED BY DESCRIPTION GUI 52732 TCP Xpert and Xterm Used by Xterm to perform log dumps and detect that the Xpert application is running Xterm also hosts this port in order to support proxy conn...

Page 125: ...s using the modem and that the correct com port is selected If Xterm gives this dialog First check that the phone number has been entered correctly enter 1 and area code if needed Then use Hypertermin...

Page 126: ...could not pass a CRC 16 check Tx Good Number of SSP messages transmitted and acknowledged Tx Total Number SSP messages attempted Tx Bad Number of times an SSP message could not be sent Clear Sets all...

Page 127: ...on displayed requires an understanding of the SSP protocol which is beyond the scope of this manual However if you experience some sort of repeatable communication failure a screen capture of the Deco...

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Page 131: ...Chapter 7 Installation...

Page 132: ...e Xpert startup 7 Press Setup Access and log into the Xpert 8 If you are using I O modules do the following to make sure the I O modules are at the desired addresses a Select the Setup tab b Select th...

Page 133: ...tlink Random Verify settings d Select Self Timed Test e Verify the sample formatted message f Select Status g Verify that the status from Satlink is displayed h Verify that the GPS is being received 1...

Page 134: ...Tel 703 406 2800 http www sutron com 124 17 Select the Log tab Select the desired log file and verify that the data is being stored there as desired 18 Select the Status tab Look for any errors that...

Page 135: ...gurable for Ring In RI 5 Vdc out 12 Vdc out switched 5Vdc out or switched 12 Vdc out 12Vdc is input power Switched options allow the unit to turn on power anytime the com port is opened and turn it of...

Page 136: ...5A Standard nomenclature this would be B Idles High 4 NC 5 GND 6 NC 7 NC 8 NC 9 Set by jumpers on J4 to NC 5V or 12V NC is configured by selecting RI Note The Xpert provides a very weak bias to mainta...

Page 137: ...e jumper settings and their default settings To change the default settings open the Xpert and change these jumpers COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 Configuration Jumper connector J800 J900 J901 J1000 Default conf...

Page 138: ...w from Com Port Pin 9 Xpert Com 1 4 Each of the pin 9 power outputs is individually fused and each can provide up to 300mA across the rated temperature range The fuse is a self resetting type that wil...

Page 139: ...use is a self resetting type that will automatically pass power through when the overload short circuit has been removed Switched power settings The switched power can be set to 5 volts or 12 volts in...

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Page 141: ...Chapter 8 Maintenance and Troubleshooting...

Page 142: ...app blank screen or communicating with a PC then it is possible that the autoexec bat file has become corrupted or modified incorrectly Follow these steps to skip the autoexec bat file For an Xpert wi...

Page 143: ...at the login screen or at the main tab of the Xpert When the login screen is displayed tapping the touch screen in the upper right corner will darken the contrast while tapping the touch screen in th...

Page 144: ...he power from the Xpert to clean the touch screen The Xpert case can be cleaned using common mild window cleaning products Do not spray the cleaner directly on the Xpert Instead spray the cleaner on t...

Page 145: ...Appendix A Setup Blocks...

Page 146: ...henever connections to ground or to an excitation are shown in the connection drawings for analog measurements these connections are expected to be made to the appropriate points on the module perform...

Page 147: ...NNELS ABOVE 8 FOR EXCITATION Wiring Diagram for a linear sensor connected to a 8080 0003 module excitation channel and measurement channel not the same LINEAR Description This block supports temperatu...

Page 148: ...r temp block is used with linear sensors a double voltage measurement is made If desired a linear sensor can also be measured by the voltage block and appropriate values for slope and offset The 5600...

Page 149: ...del supporting 40 60 and HMP155J active model supporting 80 60 Select the proper Analog I O module temperature channel humidity channel and temperature units If the sensor is hooked up to a constant p...

Page 150: ...When needed the Xpert will measure the excitation output voltage NOTE DO NOT USE CHANNELS ABOVE 8 FOR EXCITATION Voltage Single Ended Sensor Vout connect to any analog channel CH1 CH6 Voltage Differen...

Page 151: ...istor to GND DC Resistance 4 wire Set excitation channel to be different from input channel Select differential measurement Connect one end of the resistor to excitation channel and input channel CH1...

Page 152: ...shown below The excitation channel is Vx The input channel is Vi Thermistor 3 wire Connect the thermistor or any resistance device as follows The excitation channel is Vx The input channel is Vi Therm...

Page 153: ...n the Analog I O Module in Appendix C I O Modules will help with the understanding of this powerful block The block scales the outputs according to the values of Slope and Offset using the equation ou...

Page 154: ...nt is done using the voltage specified by the excitation voltage and the second with this voltage negated This can be used in cases where applying a DC excitation voltage would causes undesirable chan...

Page 155: ...filter the defaults of 60 should work for many measurements If AC line noise becomes an issue lowering this value will help reduce the noise Lowering this value will also make measurements take longe...

Page 156: ...2 port Description This block supports the Sutron Accubar Barometer part 5600 0120 This is an SDI 12 sensor Select the pressure units the SDI 12 address of the sensor and the averaging time averaging...

Page 157: ...of the DB9 Also note that the encoder must be set to 4800 N 8 1 Description This block supports the BEI Absolute shaft encoder This encoder connects to any of the Xpert RS232 ports See the section Wir...

Page 158: ...ow Both either direction The Filter parameter can be used to eliminate false state transition detections due to noise The Filter value should be a number between 0 and 255 The higher the number the lo...

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Page 160: ...he binary or gray code value the data represents The block allows the user to select the I O module the number of bits the coding and whether or not the data needs to be inverted The coding options av...

Page 161: ...Sutron Corporation Tel 703 406 2800 http www sutron com 151 5 101 111 6 110 101 7 111 100 The Bits value defines how many bits to convert from six to eight If less than eight bits are being converted...

Page 162: ...pe resistance sensor These sensors typically require an excitation of 2 to 5 volts and a full scale output of 10 to 100 mV To make this measurement the Xpert makes a single ended measurement of the re...

Page 163: ...ulate the rain as though the bucket were not being emptied If the current value measured has gone down by 1 5 of the range since the last measured value the software concludes that the gauge has empti...

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Page 165: ...a connected ComsTag block using telemetry the command line SET command or the Data tab This allows a constant block to be used for manual readings and other purposes Modified values are stored back i...

Page 166: ...ttp www sutron com 156 4 Output increases by 1 and delay 500 ms The Units button may be used to define the units for the constant value If Use these units is checked then the text entered below it is...

Page 167: ...the system to register a count Along with computing the deltacounts and frequency the block also scales the outputs according to the values of Slope and Offset The units for the outputs are forced to...

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Page 169: ...This block measures a CS 107 temperature probe The CS 107 uses a thermistor to measure temperature in air soil or water over the range of 35 to 50C with an accuracy of about 0 5C The Xpert measures th...

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Page 171: ...re or Average block it might make sense to only take one time count reading from the I O module every pass and calculate the frequency from the current and previous readings For a sampling interval of...

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Page 173: ...M Power to VBAT Note the digital module must have special code part number 8080 0006 1 Description This block measures a CS505 Fuel Moisture sensor The sensor has an output frequency in the range of 6...

Page 174: ...hb stationx When the Port selection is TCP IP enter the URL to the destination The Tag property must match the name specified in a COMS Tag in the named station For example Station 1 is measuring wate...

Page 175: ...nect to one of the serial ports The WindSonic has its own configuration and setup The user must make sure the WindObserverII is setup to operate with the Xpert before connecting it as it will not alte...

Page 176: ...Q CR Q is for Quit when finished The setup of the Xpert to read the WindSonic is much easier Simply specify the com port the sensor is connected to the power setting and the address NOTE Leave the se...

Page 177: ...single ended operation connect the sensor s V to any analog input channel CH1 CH10 and V to AGND For differential operation connect V and V to an adjacent input channel pair e g 1 and 2 3 and 4 etc an...

Page 178: ...g element to generate a known heat flux that can be measured to obtain a correction for measurements of unknown environmental heat fluxes Specify how often to perform a self calibration in Interval ho...

Page 179: ...this HeatFlux block uses to control power to the heater is shared with other HeatFlux blocks There may be only one shared relay When Shared Relay is not checked then the system assumes the relay for t...

Page 180: ...ternal Battery IntBat Inputs none Outputs Battery Temp Wiring None the sensors are internal to the Xpert Description This block measures supply voltage and internal temperature The temperature measure...

Page 181: ...the value retrieved from the log Wiring None Description This block retrieves the last value from the log for the sensor indicated This block is most useful when data is logged by EzSetup or an Xpert...

Page 182: ...ct the analog module to which you connected the sensor AIO Channel select the channel to which the sensor s V signal is connected Cal Method a1 and a0 Select the method to use for calibrating the sens...

Page 183: ...suring distance and therefore level The properties dialog is used to specify configuration details required for proper operation Reference is used to specify the reference distance and is used to comp...

Page 184: ...Channel are used to designate the IO module used to control power to the sensor Channel is applicable only when PwrCtrl is set to DIO Chan A typical averaging setup using Ezsetup would be as follows U...

Page 185: ...ng V and V to an adjacent input channel pair an adjacent input channel pair starts with an odd channel e g 1 and 2 3 and 4 etc Be sure to check the Differential checkbox Kipp Zonen CNR 4 For single en...

Page 186: ...iation from below in LongRadDown The following dialog is used to configure the sensor measurement Model Select the Model you wish to measure AIO Module select the analog module to which you connected...

Page 187: ...frequency of cleaning The following dialog shows the properties used to configure CNR 4 heater operation Ventilator configuration occurs in the NetRad Ventilator dialog which looks and functions exac...

Page 188: ...ive humidity and dew point as well as GPS position LAT LON and UTC time The Xpert PB200 setup block enables you to read these parameters into the Xpert for further processing and or logging The follow...

Page 189: ...ensor V to the SWBATT terminal of a connected AIO module Set the Module property to the number of the connected module DIO SW12 Connect sensor V to the SWBATT terminal of a connected DIO module Set th...

Page 190: ...for subsequent measurement intervals Inactivity s This property defines how many seconds of inactivity no measurements may occur after a measurement before the sensor is powered down Since the PB200 2...

Page 191: ...d for measuring a 100 ohm platinum temperature devices The dialog allows the selection of the block channel and excitation The type is also selectable between 385 and 392 type devices The resistance a...

Page 192: ...ng the Benefits of Real Time Data Collection to the World Sutron Corporation Tel 703 406 2800 http www sutron com 182 Note If the Platinum RTD conforms to DIN 43760 IEC 751 or IEC 60751 then select ty...

Page 193: ...module The signal lines from each encoder must hook up to adjacent I O module inputs starting with an odd numbered one i e 1 2 3 4 5 6 or 7 8 Select the module and channel pair number the encoder is h...

Page 194: ...e CH7 and CH8 reserved for non powered sensors with low level outputs V Supplyconnect to VBAT REF connect to GND Non Powered Sensors WS Sig connect to digital CH7 or CH8 of digital module Note The dir...

Page 195: ...ction to the World Sutron Corporation Tel 703 406 2800 http www sutron com 185 module to determine wind direction Wind direction requires connection to Digital Module input channel The units for wind...

Page 196: ...units to report with the reading The C concurrent measurement command is only supported by SDI sensors versions 1 3 and higher NOTE The only supported commands are V M MC M1 M9 C CC C1 C9 R0 R9 RC0 RC...

Page 197: ...asurement modes and desired averaging algorithm and number of samples to take The typical configuration uses the NOS DQAP algorithm measuring 181 samples Once configured the Xpert will make measuremen...

Page 198: ...t can also work with an SE8500 connected to a wireless link The properties allow setting the Com Port range offset address and units NOTE Leave the settings in the SETUP TAB COMS SSP CL set to none as...

Page 199: ...SP set time message containing the current system time to the destination unit s specified by the Path property The message is sent periodically according to the scheduling parameters Time and Interva...

Page 200: ...or power red to SW D 12V Description This block supports Sutron s 5600 0089 soil moisture temperature sensor The type box supports the following Moisture measure moisture only Moisture temperature mea...

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Page 202: ...nded Hence connect the sensor s V to any analog input channel CH1 CH10 and signal ground to AGND Connect power as desired Description The SoilTemp block is used to measure soil temperature sensors The...

Page 203: ...tion The units for Calibration are typically millivolts per watt per meter squared The sensor manufacturer typically supplies the value for calibration If the units supplied by the manufacturer are in...

Page 204: ...than 19mV when using the 8080 0007 Analog I O Module See the table below for the voltage ranges of Sutron Solar Radiation sensors A check in a gain column means the selected gain is appropriate for t...

Page 205: ...e to SDI 12 port Description This block supports the Sutron 56 109 Submersible Pressure Transducer This SDI 12 sensor is used to measure water level or pressure in well or surface water applications T...

Page 206: ...ucket output hooks to one input of a Digital I O module Set Tip to the amount of rainfall associated with one bucket tip The supported Tips are 0 1mm 0 2mm 0 25mm 0 3mm 0 5mm 1 0mm 0 01 and 0 008 Filt...

Page 207: ...arted The calibration procedure is run from the Sensors tab Calibrate button When the calibration is entered the old value of the tipping bucket is preserved and is locked This means that if recording...

Page 208: ...g the reading is Output Vin Slope Offset Default units is volts this may be changed to match desired reading I E Degrees C The Settling Time Warm Up can be adjusted to adapt either to long sensor sign...

Page 209: ...21 13562 992 3 PZ74A Y 0 00 00 900 0 00 05 COM7 1 7 395E 08 0 02281 212 0283952 0 01279 21 01535 992 3 PZ74B Y 0 00 02 600 0 00 05 COM7 2 9 019E 08 0 02363 216 9210467 0 005873 21 13562 992 3 PZ74C Y...

Page 210: ...he unit to send out ALERTS transmissions due to alarm See the following chart for details HI Mode and LOW Mode OFF Do not send out an alert only go into alarm ABOVE Send an alert when the value goes a...

Page 211: ...change in input value is ROC Mag deadband The system goes out of alarm when the change in input value is ROC Mag deadband 3 When ROC Mode is set to Low the system goes into alarm if the change in inpu...

Page 212: ...and to set outputs based on the current accumulation This block is typically used as a part of a system to monitor and control a water sampler where blocks before the accumulator measure level and fl...

Page 213: ...count number of samples from a series of data points sampled from a sensor The Schedule Interval indicates how often the Average block should sample a series of data points process them and output a v...

Page 214: ...00 would be 12 35 58 Note To shift the timestamp so that it occurs at the end of the Sample Duration increase the Schedule Time by one Sample Interval In the example above this means set Time to 00 05...

Page 215: ...f AND OR or XOR The table below defines the output given all the possible different inputs and operations Inputs Output X Y AND OR XOR true true true true false true false false true true false true f...

Page 216: ...the sample period of the Freq block to 200mS The VWC calculation can be compensated for the current soil temperature if desired To do so connect a block measuring the current soil temperature to the...

Page 217: ...to the SW BATT 12 output of the DIO module When DIO is selected the sensor enable should be wired to the DIO module and channel indicated in the Module and Channel properties Set Soil Type to the appr...

Page 218: ...s in effect The humidity input is expected to be a percentage The dew point output is expressed in the same units as the incoming temperature The block has no user set properties Dew point is computed...

Page 219: ...is in the way the average and standard deviation are computed The DQAP block makes use of statistical quality control theory to improve the accuracy of the reported mean and standard deviation The im...

Page 220: ...ck should sample a series of data points process them and output values The Schedule Time specifies the synchronization of when this should begin The Sample Interval entry indicates how often the sens...

Page 221: ...ed with new units by clicking the Units button To load edit or save the file to interpolate from click the Edit File button The following window will come up To start creating a new table use Insert P...

Page 222: ...d Sutron Corporation Tel 703 406 2800 http www sutron com 212 comma separate format such as the example below Note the table should be sorted ascending on X 10 22 11 55 12 481 20 999 15 0 40 01 The ex...

Page 223: ...y tying a COMS TAG to the blocks that make the measurement and convert the value to the desired units When the measurements are complete append the following record to storage card filename csv in CSV...

Page 224: ...The interval is how often the data from the sensor should be sampled The time is a synchronization time not an start time In the example below the sensor will be sampled every fifteen minutes synchron...

Page 225: ...ues received The number from the time outputs is determined by the number of seconds since 00 00 00 of the current day e g a time of 3600 would be 01 00 00 The block also outputs RMaxVal which is the...

Page 226: ...with the samples being collected every 30 seconds and output of the average every 30 seconds When the block runs the output data will be flagged as bad until of the required number of samples have be...

Page 227: ...k is to generating meaningful values from an unsupported sensor For example say there is a humidity sensor that outputs 0 5 to 2 5 volts for 0 to 100 relative humidity different from the output of any...

Page 228: ...mpt to bring the position of the device back to the desired point The control loop executes on a schedule set by the user The Offset and Interval properties determine when and how often respectively t...

Page 229: ...set the state of some hardware control line When Latched Outputs is checked the selected move line is set high for 25 seconds and then set low After Pulse Time seconds elapses the Stop output is set h...

Page 230: ...orporation Tel 703 406 2800 http www sutron com 220 Quality Control QC Inputs Input Outputs Output Description This block performs a range check on the input If the range check fails the output qualit...

Page 231: ...resis to be added so that the output will not keep change unless the input moves away from the Set Point by a meaningful amount This block implements a function similar to that of a household thermost...

Page 232: ...rly resets or resets at times other than midnight are also possible The basic computation of the block is Accum Accum sample smpl_intvl 3600 smpl_intvl in seconds This calculation is done every Smpl I...

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Page 234: ...ion in degrees weighted for wind speed Here the average of 10mph at 0 with 100mph at 90 is 84 STD Speed Scalar This is the standard deviation of the scalar wind speed STD Direction Unit This is the st...

Page 235: ...omputations it makes To perform most of its computations the Vector Average block requires signals on both its Speed and Dir inputs These inputs correspond in a general sense to magnitude and angle wi...

Page 236: ...termine the wave energy spectrum wave height parameters The data is collected once a second for 2048 seconds 34 minutes 8 seconds The data is then processed using industry standard algorithms to produ...

Page 237: ...ration below The Interval property defines how often to run and typically should be no less than every hour 01 00 00 The Time property allows you to specify an offset for the interval Note sample dura...

Page 238: ...ta is logged in the following format DateTime RecordID T1 Hm0 Hmax T2 Tp CenterFrequency BandWidth Energy 1 Energy 2 Energy 16 Radar configuration The Sutron Radar should be configured for 1 second sa...

Page 239: ...t files Sample Spectral Data file File Name sp07601199801091641 Analyzed UTC 2013 06 25 0103 hrs Station Name Sutron Sterling Office Location 35 12 50 N 120 51 60 W Sensor Type Sutron Radar Level Reco...

Page 240: ...hod of analysis N A Radio modem no Energy basin processing no Surge filter processing no Number of records 2048 Start time 20020201000514 UTC End time 20020201011913 UTC Sample length hh mm ss 00 34 0...

Page 241: ...the output from a Constant sensor block as one of the inputs The Units button should be used to tell the system what units to label the output values with If x and y inputs have the same units these u...

Page 242: ...select the New Log option from the drop down list and the system will allow you to create a new log Sensor Name should be set such that it describes the source of the data This name shows up in the Se...

Page 243: ...and calculate the final value Logging with actual time instead of scheduled time can be useful when logging min and max values produced by the Average or MinMax blocks When logging these values with...

Page 244: ...enting the number of fields created so far Typically you ll want to name the field something more relevant to its purpose e g Temp or Level etc Record ID identifies to which LogRec block this field be...

Page 245: ...you can specify a custom format string by clicking on the change button next to the list The format string combines formatting tags with literal characters Formatting tags are always of the format tag...

Page 246: ...s in the system plus an additional entry that allows you to add a new log None may be selected to disable storing the data record to log files Record ID identifies the name of the record The name give...

Page 247: ...e time the LogRec block runs which is typically determined by the schedule of the measure block connected to the LogRec block s output When FTP is checked logged data will be appended to a file on a F...

Page 248: ...er value will restrict connections to that IP a URL may not be used in this field IP port selects the TCP port to be used for connecting to the server and must not conflict with other TCP ports used b...

Page 249: ...aining the names and values of interest in the logger The Sensor Name field sets the name that will be used on the web page and the precision controls how to display the value When Log scheduled time...

Page 250: ...he desired data NOTE This tag is case sensitive therefore it should always be entered in UPPERCASE letters to avoid confusion The Prefix and Suffix phrases are only used in speech voice modem messages...

Page 251: ...nsors tab for each random group block in the setup This line is provided as a way to see the current alarm status of the different groups If a random group line is selected and measured or if Measure...

Page 252: ...if the change in input value is ROC Mag deadband The system goes out of alarm when the change in input value is ROC Mag deadband 3 When ROC Mode is set to Low the system goes into alarm if the change...

Page 253: ...there you can select one of the allowed formats The transmission routines use this selected format and the information in this block to properly format the data If the selected format is BUFR the sett...

Page 254: ...transmission Enabled only for non interleaved transmission formats When interleaved the Num Values setting associated with the telemetry device is used Last Only the last measured value will be trans...

Page 255: ...6 2800 http www sutron com 245 backing log automatically If the automatic selection is incorrect uncheck Find log automatically and specify the log manually Note The system is unable to use log record...

Page 256: ...ensor to one of the 8 different random groups groups 2 9 Each group must have a separate trigger sensor defined by the Random Group block When the trigger sensor goes into alarm as defined by the Rand...

Page 257: ...utines use this selected format and the information in this block to properly format the data If the selected format is BUFR the settings differ slightly than what is shown and described here Please s...

Page 258: ...is transmitted as id 3 and the next most recent value is transmitted as id 4 Note how this precludes having sensor ids 3 and 4 defined in the setup If a multiple position id e g R356 is encountered w...

Page 259: ...only resorts to searching the log when the data is not found there e g due to power loss The system normally selects the backing log automatically If the automatic selection is incorrect uncheck Find...

Page 260: ...d ground To configure the block select the module number the channel number and whether or not the output logic should be inverted The reset power up state of the digital I O module is that all the ou...

Page 261: ...e ON input grounded OFF Pull up to internal V depends on channel see appendix for detailed specs Note any pulse in progress when recording is stopped is terminated and so may end prematurely Use the D...

Page 262: ...ns ports The path can be a simple station name or a station with full path information included such as patha pathb stationx When the Port selection is TCP IP enter the URL to the destination The Tag...

Page 263: ...ANEOUS BLOCKS Display Display Inputs Input Outputs Output Description The Display block is used select data that gets displayed on the 9210 s I2C Display The data displayed is the last measured value...

Page 264: ...ess priveleges The FieldVar block has one input and one output Connect the output of the target block to the FieldVar input Viewing the properties of the FieldVar block shows a list of changeable prop...

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Page 267: ...Appendix B Updating the Firmware...

Page 268: ...UPGRADING THE LOADER UPGRADE THE APPLICATION AND KERNEL DO NOT DOWNGRADE TO v3 7 FROM A VERSION HIGHER THAN v3 7 WITHOUT OFFLOADING YOUR DATA FIRST DOWNGRADING TO v3 7 FROM A HIGHER VERSION WILL RESU...

Page 269: ...d A longer version of this history is also copied in to the clipboard If you cannot determine the source of the problem you can edit paste this information in to an email message explaining the proble...

Page 270: ...exe Send over any extra slls desired By default these files are not sent since they aren t used often See the user manual for descriptions To send an extra sll remove the semi colon that precedes the...

Page 271: ...l take tens of minutes due to the size of the file k Xpert2 ker kernel Upgrade the loader l Xpert2 lod loader Upgrade MicroMonitor This upgrade is disabled by default As a general rule do not enable t...

Page 272: ...sts in the unzipped archive iii Copy the contents of each unzipped archive directory to the corresponding storage card directory b Alternatively if you do not want to use a storage card and you have a...

Page 273: ...net cable 3 Power up the Xpert Press ESC in response to the message Press ESC now to Upgrade System 4 Press L to indicate you want to transfer the boot loader 5 Press U to indicate you want to upgrade...

Page 274: ...ip execution of Autoexec bat You should then see Bypassing flash disk Autoexec bat running Remote in the next few lines If you do not simply repeat this step until you do 4 If you intend to use ethern...

Page 275: ...Bringing the Benefits of Real Time Data Collection to the World Sutron Corporation Tel 703 406 2800 http www sutron com 265 Appendix C I O Modules...

Page 276: ...of single ended and differential inputs All channels feature self excitation and built in voltage current and resistance sensing Input gain settings 1 16 Up to 6 4 20ma sensor interface 24 bit analog...

Page 277: ...10 mA Output Impedance 110 Absolute Error 25 C 40 C to 60 C 0 0015 0 03 FS FS Ratiometric Error2 0 005 FS Frequency 0 10 Hz Sensor Power VBAT from Data Logger Voltage 9 14 Volts Current 100 mA Protect...

Page 278: ...12 volt output SwBat One output that can be switched to ground SwGnd Six excitation channels analog outputs that can be programmed from 5V to 5V and One output Ex which is always the negative of the...

Page 279: ...warm up delay is less than 3 sampling periods the delay before the first reading is taken will be 3 sampling periods This should be taken into account when computing the warm up delay Accuracy The AD...

Page 280: ...urement Example channel0H Single Ended Voltage Measurement Example channel1H excitation channel0H channel0L Four Wire Resistance Measurement Example ch an n el1H excitatio n Two Wire Resistance Measur...

Page 281: ...s self calibration One switched battery sensor power output Industrial temperature range operation 40 to 60 C Multiple sampling rates and digital filtering Viewing the card from the front the plug ass...

Page 282: ...with respect to ground Differential 2 5V 78 mV 19 5 mV input with respect to input CMRR 120 dB typ Input Impedance 10 Gohm typ Accuracy 0 002 of 5V typ 0 003 of 78mV typ HiGain 0 03 of 19 5mV typ x128...

Page 283: ...ferences to Vref and AGND are to the terminals on the module performing the measurement Do not connect to similarly named terminals on other modules channel0H Single Ended Voltage Measurement Example...

Page 284: ...quency inputs with programmable alarm count leading edge trailing edge or both edges of input pulse Up to four quadrature shaft encoder inputs requires two inputs per sensor with programmable alarm Tw...

Page 285: ...count down when its count is zero The output of the of the filter only changes state when the counter reaches zero or its upper threshold Thus if the output state of the filter is a one it will stay...

Page 286: ...llection to the World Sutron Corporation Tel 703 406 2800 http www sutron com 276 Outputs Each of the six lines with output capability can be turned on or off under control of the logger Any output ca...

Page 287: ...Bringing the Benefits of Real Time Data Collection to the World Sutron Corporation Tel 703 406 2800 http www sutron com 277 Appendix D Specifications...

Page 288: ...I2C bus 100Kbps 5 wire 10ft max SDI 12 Rev 1 3 RS232 to 115Kbps Internal speaker 4 RS232 1B 8 RS232 2B or 7 RS232 1 RS485 3B USB Host port SD Host slot Packaging 6 x 8 x 2 5 16 aluminum case Weight 2...

Page 289: ...ort for connecting LOS Radio modems The port is compatible with third party radio modems such as those manufactured by MDS Using a radio modem provides one or two way communications between nodes or a...

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Page 291: ...Appendix E Software Development Kit SDK...

Page 292: ...Sutron s website at http www sutron com DownloadsUpdates XpertSDK htm The SDK is intended for use with Microsoft eMbedded Visual Tools EVT 3 0 which at the time of this writing is available at no cha...

Page 293: ...Appendix F Creating Custom Voice Files...

Page 294: ...into the Xpert using Xterm into the corresponding language subdirectory under flash disk speech e g English Spanish etc and used by selecting it in a ComsTag dialog just as you would any other speech...

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Page 296: ...xecute autoexec bat To skip the autoexec bat via a terminal program connect a PC running a terminal program to COM1 and apply power to the unit After the terminal displays Flushing caches press CTRL k...

Page 297: ...em No voice functions will be supported RADIOx LOS Radio modem None The Xpert is connected to a LOS radio modem The Xpert can communicate with other stations and master stations on the radio network u...

Page 298: ...OM1 Causes a session on COM1 not to be started so COM1 may be used for some other purpose Example the following command runs remote exe to support a direct connection on COM1 and a Sutron voice modem...

Page 299: ...d yyyy hh mm ss E mm dd yyyy hh mm ss CSV YMODEM ZIP C REVERSE BAD INVERT OLDEST NEWEST TODAY YESTERDAY WEEK MONTH YEAR HOUR Shows archived log data Specifying a sensor list will cause only those sens...

Page 300: ...the current month YEAR will start the dump at Jan 1 of the current year HOUR will start the dump at the top of the current hour HELP Displays the list of commands INFO Shows the same information as t...

Page 301: ...ion 3 4 allows the DTR control line to be passed through This used to be the default behavior but as of 3 4 dropping DTR or disconnecting will cause a logout to occur The normal user inactivity timeou...

Page 302: ...nd by itself will display the current value for every sensor and tag that does not have a U quality in the system in a tabular report Sensors are the input blocks in the system Tags include any interm...

Page 303: ...director server or the specified url and port SETPIP url Set the PrimaryIP for GPRS connections SETSIP url Set the SecondaryIP for GPRS connections SETMP port Set or show the TCP port to be used for G...

Page 304: ...rt exe Remote exe DLLs SLLs BAS files etc are supported The UPG file used to perform upgrades with XTerm is not used The user is prompted Are you sure and must respond with a Y or y before the upgrade...

Page 305: ...UP ARROW to scroll back through old commands or DOWN ARROW to scroll to newer commands Most all commands support the YMODEM ZIP and C options Unless stated otherwise the default filename for the outp...

Page 306: ...oding of the contents of the message SSP Decoder Example Flash Disk report SSP2 17 16 38 COM2 RTU XCONNECT 4865191 TimeTag 16 09 18 2006 17 14 00 String BAT Real 12 529999 TimeTag 20 09 18 2006 17 14...

Page 307: ...EMP 78 60 G F 10 26 2005 14 45 00 STAGE 1 20 G ft 10 26 2005 14 30 00 AIRTEMP 79 00 G F 10 26 2005 14 30 00 STAGE 1 20 G ft 10 26 2005 14 15 00 AIRTEMP 79 10 G F 10 26 2005 14 15 00 STAGE 1 22 G ft 10...

Page 308: ...ual 33554432 Available Virtual 29163520 Number of resets 110 I2C STATISTICS Rx 22 Error 0 Fail 0 Tx 31 Error 0 Fail 0 NAK 0 TIMEOUT 0 COLLISN 0 OVRFLOW 0 BUSERR 0 RXERROR 0 SLAVETX 0 CHKSUM 0 STOP 0 B...

Page 309: ...ormat Flash Disk SHOW CSV SENSOR BATVAL Battery 12 7813835841049 G V BATVAL Temp 28 7679583945093 G C STAGE 1 23 G ft AIRTEMP Temp 78 3253939059343 G F AIRTEMP Humid 25 3246839763986 G PASSTHRU Comman...

Page 310: ...3 0 3 10 0 1 0 Unknown 0 is logged out Cmd UPGRADE Command Example Flash Disk UPGRADE Are you sure Yes Stopping The Xpert application has been shutdown Ready to receive YModem file s press ESC to abor...

Page 311: ...dicate missing data 4 422 35 00 136 16 37 00 4 397 34 00 135 23 36 00 4 324 33 00 134 88 The right digits property in the telemetry tag block e g LAN GPRS etc determines the number of right digits tha...

Page 312: ...ta to include in the report The following table shows what labels are recognized be the NIFC and NFDRS formatter An x means the sensor label must appear in the setup for the formatter to succeed The i...

Page 313: ...values The formats are pseudo binary because each sensor value is expressed in the range of ASCII characters but not in such a way that is readily human readable Pseudobinary B Interleaved Bin Int an...

Page 314: ...ple above shows the data interleaved most recent of all sensors followed by next oldest and so on See the section below Six Bit Binary Encoded Format for details on how these values are encoded Batter...

Page 315: ...ry encoded number is a number of minutes into the day It tells when the most recent first sensor reading of this measurement was made Interval 2 This 2 byte encoded 6 bit binary encoded number tells t...

Page 316: ...uct the time the data was collected from the message itself To correctly use Pseudobinary D the decoder needs to know the measurement setup used The benefit of using Pseudobinary D is being able to co...

Page 317: ...number can range from 131072 to 131071 Binary encoded numbers are always sent most significant bytes first The number itself is broken down into 6 bit digits and each digit is placed in one byte of d...

Page 318: ...format conforms to NESDIS Standard Decimal format specifications The format is ASCII and readable by persons without the aid of a computer Sensor data consists of label age of the data in minutes the...

Page 319: ...the formatter will not be able to locate the sensor to transmit it The labels are as follows Station Datum DAT Sensor offset SNS Primary water level WL Aquatrak sigma SIG Aquatrak outlier cnt OUT Aqua...

Page 320: ...For each label an id offset and scale are associated The standard INSAT message encodes the id in an unsigned 4 bit integer and encodes the data value in an unsigned 10 bit integer The id is a unique...

Page 321: ...SD 16 0 0 100 0 Offset is the offset of the sensor s range from 0 Scale is the representable range divided by the range of the sensor If the label entered is not in the table above then it is interpre...

Page 322: ...ata Scale The scale applied to the data prior to transmission Note scale is applied as follows transmitted data measured value times 10 raised to the power of scale Ref Reference Value subtracted from...

Page 323: ...smission See the following table for details Tx Content Description of data to transmit All All the data measured since the last transmission or up to Num Values for interleaved formats will be transm...

Page 324: ...system is unable to use log records as a backing log for transmission data i e data logged using the LogRec and LogField blocks BUFR Content Options When the selected format is BUFR the telemetry devi...

Page 325: ...tegory is not listed in the dialog drop down simply enter the desired value with its numeric component first If the field is left blank 0 is used Data Sub category Select the data subcategory to use i...

Page 326: ...ringing the Benefits of Real Time Data Collection to the World Sutron Corporation Tel 703 406 2800 http www sutron com 316 XPERT2 DATA LOGGER Dimensions shown are in inches With supplied mounting feet...

Page 327: ...Bringing the Benefits of Real Time Data Collection to the World Sutron Corporation Tel 703 406 2800 http www sutron com 317 With mounting feet removed...

Page 328: ...Sutron Corporation Tel 703 406 2800 http www sutron com 318 IO MODULES Dimensions shown are in inches Note that on the 8080 0007 module the two 6 32 screws located 3 00 inches apart on the rear of the...

Page 329: ...Bringing the Benefits of Real Time Data Collection to the World Sutron Corporation Tel 703 406 2800 http www sutron com 319 XPERT MODEM Dimensions shown are in inches...

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Page 331: ...ir Temperature Relative Humidity sensor block 139 Alarm block 23 200 alarms block 200 configuring 23 40 54 164 200 240 241 252 Digital I O Module features 274 alerts 23 40 Analog block 139 44 Analog I...

Page 332: ...5 ConstIn block 155 contrast 18 adjusting from Login screen 9 133 adjusting from Main tab 20 133 control blocks See Also blocks Binary Out 250 Pulse Out 251 Control Panel tab 22 62 count 203 209 Count...

Page 333: ...sert a Block 92 installation autoexec bat 286 COM ports 125 27 remote exe 287 XPert 122 24 XTerm 104 Internal Battery block 170 171 Interpolate block 211 213 K kernel updating 263 L Lat Lon 52 54 line...

Page 334: ...oint Control 218 Polynomial 217 Set Point Control 220 221 Solar Radiation Accumulation block 222 Vector Average 224 XY Function 226 231 Processing blocks Dew Point 206 pseudobinary format random trans...

Page 335: ...Young Wind 184 SDI AquaTrak 187 SDI 12 186 SE8500 188 Soil Moisture 167 189 190 192 Solar Radiation 193 Submersible Pressure Transducer 195 Tipping Bucket 196 Volt Meter 198 199 sensor column log fil...

Page 336: ...rmistor 137 138 142 159 time 53 column log file 68 setting 19 112 Tipping Bucket Sensor block 196 touchscreen calibrating 132 troubleshooting 132 Type 53 54 U units column log file 69 unpacking 8 upda...