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Page 1: ...1 DATALOGGER NI400 NI400 NI400 NI400 DATALOGGER 4 CHANNELS 3G DATA LOGGER with Embedded Web Server USER MANUAL Rev 02 del 03 08 2017 Redatto da R D Approvato da MKT...

Page 2: ...product powering source must be divided from dangerous voltage parts with double insulation and must guarantee an insulation of at least 3000 Vrms Be sure to have in the plant a suitable protection fr...

Page 3: ...anguage Setup 72 Date and Time 72 Energy Management 72 Info 72 WEB INTERFACE LANGUAGE SETUP 72 WIRELESS FUNCTIONALITIES 74 3G MODEM 74 Sim Card 74 Caution to be taken 75 APN Configuration 75 INTRODUCT...

Page 4: ...parts can cause abnormal functioning and dangers for people and things Supplied equipments and devices are not suitable to be installed in potentially dangerous areas or in areas where the use of expl...

Page 5: ...ds to be installed you simply connect the PC to the USB port and estab lish a dial up PPP connection Using an internet browser the user could configure the NI400 and download data the NI400 is fully c...

Page 6: ...when you are powering this device for example it is not possible to turn on the 3G GSM GPRS modem when the USB cable is connected to the PC SYSTEM POWER REQUIREMENTS Voltage 9 to 14 V DC reverse polar...

Page 7: ...rrectly could create a short circuit Do not recharge non rechargeable batteries Do not mix used batteries with the new ones or with batteries of different brand model Expired batteries have to be remo...

Page 8: ...vides the same power source applied to NI400 VIN Be careful to choose the right supply to power both datalogger and sensor GND same as V is the negative connection of power supply RS485 allows daisy c...

Page 9: ...dedicated to PC connection Refer to HOW TO CONNECT THE NI400 TO PC chapter for more informations SETUP PROCEDURE You can use the four holes 6mm to fix the NI400 according to your application Screws an...

Page 10: ...BOARD FUNCTIONALITY The NI400 is provided with a 7 segment display and 2 input keys Select Enter The dis play is started by pressing down one of the 2 keys You can scroll the menu using Select key If...

Page 11: ...etter E followed by a number means an error in operations 4 when sleep state is on the display is off 5 to awake the system up you have to press a key To turn on the system you have to press the key a...

Page 12: ...y improve ments and to exploit NI400 possibilities NOTE the code structure x yy zz of the firmware version is modified according to the improvement corrections importance carried out between two versi...

Page 13: ...ult Enter key causes the timeout reset from 15 sec Export File Measure and Measure Log Format With the NI400 you can download data measures events log alarms logs using an USB flash drive a PC through...

Page 14: ...ning back to main menu and timeout reset display Firmware version 7 If you press Enter key in correspondence to the menu entry Firmware Version 7 the NI400 will show the installed firmware version Fir...

Page 15: ...FTP and SMTP action are set the NI400 will perform an acquisition and will send recorded data E3 E7 HOW TO CONNECT THE NI400 TO PC The NI400 can be found in RUN mode stand by NI400 timed waiting for a...

Page 16: ...Tool The tool for the creation of the dial up remote connection is in folder NI400 Connection Tool that you could find in the USB flash drive supplied together with the datalogger You could download...

Page 17: ...sage appears Click on FINISH PC NI400 connection To create and establish the first connection between PC and the NI400 do as follows Connect the NI400 to the PC using the supplied USB cable Wait for t...

Page 18: ...r the following error will appear So the tool opens Select the COM port assigned to the NI400 during the installation of the USB driver NOTE to know which COM port has been assigned to the NI400 look...

Page 19: ...econnect a NI400 or connect a new one you have to open NI400 Connection Tool select the correct COM port and click on CONNECT Try to install wrong version NI400 Connection Tool has two different versi...

Page 20: ...orrect disconnection procedure the NI400 is rebooted Under Data Monitor Events a Power Fail log appears USB connection by USB Isolator Cable USB port in the NI400 is not isolated For the connection be...

Page 21: ...use a USB flash drive only for this purpose in order to avoid any unexpected data loss Firmware Update According to the value modified in the firmware version x yy zz it is necessary to proceed in dif...

Page 22: ...ing page Enable VW Tracking This option will speed up Vibrating Wire Excitation by lowering the time needed for frequencies scan VW Noise subtraction It performs a noise analysis of the channel to hav...

Page 23: ...IK field gathered from Exosite cloud after the cre ation of a device Read dedicated chapter for more info Download Upload Calibration it allows logger calibration saving or restoring Default Settings...

Page 24: ...wer supplies are proposed according to the TYPE OF MEASURMENT select ed measure UNIT Electrical unit of measure of the sensor For some types of sen sors it is possible to choose between different unit...

Page 25: ...brat ing Wire or Vibrating Wire Thermistor It indicates the fre quency of the research start Stop frequency This field is enabled only for the type of measurement Vibrat ing Wire or Vibrating Wire The...

Page 26: ...CANNOT change analog channels it can change for example acquisition frequency or change the polynomial This user cannot change settings which depend on hardware system User this user can only view an...

Page 27: ...a computer Modbus is often used to connect a supervisory computer with a remote ter minal unit RTU in supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA systems Many of the data types are named from its u...

Page 28: ...Big Endian data type Acquire Measures This section is the actual data reading from the modbus sensor On most sensors this is the only section the User should care of Measure n enabled allows NI400 to...

Page 29: ...e system will ignore this sensor Virtual Channel Alarm This section enables Logical Operations with Virtual Channels Alarm Virtual Channels sec tion allows logial operations between alarms AND OR XOR...

Page 30: ...mmon errors made during virtual channels creation and how to avoid them Why are Virtual Channels implemented We usually use sensors to get a measure Anyway we could need a way to modify that number be...

Page 31: ...dialog box to input channel number mux selects multiplexer position prompts two dialog boxes the 1st for channel number the 2nd for mux address cv selects a virtual channel only those included in the...

Page 32: ...hresholds VC alarm with Logical Operation is present as a Virtual Channel alarm can be used in Virtual Channels Logical Alarms Common Errors and Warnings I order to write Virtual Channel s formula cor...

Page 33: ...and Alarms The following screen will be prompted Simple steps to configure alarms Select Output Select Delay Select End Configuration Figure 71 In the SENSOR section it is possible to select how NI400...

Page 34: ...ggered alarms Number the recipient s of the SMS Sensor Alarm if you have selected SMS in sensors alarms this will let you use the current recipient for the sensor alarm NI400 alarm if you have selecte...

Page 35: ...der it allows to specify subfolder to be used The directory MUST exist Username and Password credentials used to connect to the server Port port used to connect to the server Tries number of attempts...

Page 36: ...ure 76 This page allows to set network parameters In the first block you select which connection will be used by NI400 to send Email and FTP files Network Card Configuration DHCP Enable to choose whet...

Page 37: ...a V OUT connector Info This page contains information about firmware web bootloader and model Note this parameters in case of assistance enquiry WEB INTERFACE LANGUAGE SETUP To modify the web interfac...

Page 38: ...P server the user has to take into account that the USB serial of communication is shared with the 3G GSM GPRS modem serial of communication For this reason if the user launches the NI400 from web pag...

Page 39: ...field to establish a GPRS connec tion Usually the number is 99 1 connection using the default CID 1 overrode with the AT CGDCONT command write the Username and Password according to your ISP paramete...

Page 40: ...e click on the link at the top right of the page and you will be guided through a step by step procedure to configure the device At the end of procedure you should get the following screen In this exa...

Page 41: ...T Cik enter the CIK obtained in the previous step in the Exosite portal In this way you create the association between this physical device and the virtual device added in the Exosite portal in the pr...

Page 42: ...e Exosite portal in the next step ADD DATA SOURCES On the Exosite portal go to the device page by clicking on Device menu item In the device list you should find the device NI400 in this example added...

Page 43: ...1_B and AN_2_A You can also click on Data in the left menu and get the Data page with the list of all data source configured in the portal grouped by device You can add data source also from this page...

Page 44: ...milar Here you have to select the data source that should be showed in the graph You can select more than one data source at the same time The data source available are grouped by device the field COU...

Page 45: ...er Windows Device Manager as virtual COM port Follow these steps testing after each 1 restart your computer 2 remove and reinstall the USB driver and restart your computer 3 remove power supply on V I...

Page 46: ...r AT The connection through the NI400 and computer goes down Follow these steps testing after each 1 be sure that your PC is not set on Energy Saving mode 2 if you are using an isolated USB cable keep...

Page 47: ...inserted your FTP server account correctly Measure log data transfert page 4 verify that the FTP server address is inserted in numeric format exemple 62 100 100 1 5 verify that the FTP server is a bas...

Page 48: ...es 24V 12V external Transmitter 3 4 wires 24V 12V external Voltage 4 wires 24V 12V 5V external Wheatstone bridge 6 wires 2 channels used 5V Thermistor NTC Vibrating wire Vibrating wire Thermistor Ther...

Page 49: ...n and off from the soft ware V OUT is the unregulated power supply input V IN V and V It is not possible to power the digitalized instruments when the USB connection is on and it is the only source of...

Page 50: ...TALOGGER NI400 NI400 099 www ruggedaq com DATALOGGER NI400 NI400 Analog Sensors Wiring Schemes Voltage 4 20mA current loop 2 wires 4 20mA Transmitter 3 4 Wires Thermistor NTC Figure 111 Figure 112 9 9...

Page 51: ...0101 www ruggedaq com DATALOGGER NI400 NI400 Vibrating Wire Vibrating Wire with Thermistor Ratiometric 6 wire NOTE for this measure type two channels Ch1 Ch2 or Ch3 Ch4 are necessary to read the inst...

Page 52: ...ouple Digitalized Instruments 9 Figure 118 Figure 119 9 RELAY OUTPUT VOLT FREE CLOSURE On the NI400 board there is one clamp for the relay output for alarm etc managed from the software The relay outp...

Page 53: ...eady in configuration state E6 Iti s impossible to stop the NI400 The system shows general error codes because it has a simple display and so it would be difficult to encode each case The system will...

Page 54: ...unctions con tact NEXT Industries customer service NI400 cleanliness To clean the NI400 use a soft cloth without using any cleaning product CALIBRATION Periodic calibration of the NI400 every 2 years...

Page 55: ...gy 0 05 F S Accuracy with mV measure Cloud Based Dashbord Management PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS Weight 780 grams batteries included Dimensions L x W x H 151 x 125 x 90 mm without cable gland and antenna...

Page 56: ...ured at factory according to the following sensors Thermocouples Vibrating Wire Thermistor NTC Thermistor NTC 4 20 mA current loop 2 wires 4 20 mA 3 4 wires Voltage 4 wires Wheatston bridge 6 wires ut...

Page 57: ...Input impedance 20 M typical OUTPUT Digital output One relay output for alarm etc volt free closure low voltage 30V 1A PROTECTIONS Electro mechanical relays for each measuring channel Electrical endur...

Page 58: ...nt data alarms on a FTP server SFTP not sup ported MAIL to send data alarms to max 5 email address SMTPS SSL not supported SMS to send alarms to max 5 telephone numbers Data download readings logs in...

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