Obvius A8812, Installation And Operation Manual

Page 1: ...uisition Server Obvius LLC Installation and Operation Manual Model A8812 Date Aug 16 2011 Page 1 A8812 AcquiSuite Data Acquisition Server Shop for Power Metering products online at 1 800 561 8187 www...

Page 2: ...intended for use in critical applications such as nuclear facilities human implantable devices or life support Obvius is not liable in whole or in part for any claims or damages arising from such use...

Page 3: ...lout to an ISP or RAS 25 GSM GPRS Cellular modem A8812 GSM only 25 Modem PPP Dialin 26 Dialin from a computer to the AcquiSuite 26 Example Dialin from a WinXP computer 27 System Options 28 Status 28 P...

Page 4: ...rator Gateway address check with system administrator DNS server address check with system administrator HTTP Proxy address optional may be required if the AcquiSuite is behind a firewall check with s...

Page 5: ...to consult the operating instructions provided with the product This symbol indicates the presence of electric shock hazards This symbol indicates Do not apply to or remove from hazardous live conduct...

Page 6: ...0 c 1k 10k 1 of 10k at 20 c 10k 47 5k 1 of 47 5k at 20 c 47 5k 100k 1 of 100k at 20 c 100k 10M accuracy unrated Pulse mode intended for use with dry contact outputs consumption rate runtime status Sta...

Page 7: ...l materials from shipping box and verify all required components are available Step 2 Mount the AcquiSuite on the wall or other appropriate location Page 7 A8812 AcquiSuite Data Acquisition Server Sho...

Page 8: ...Modbus FAQ Low Voltage analog pulse and RS485 wiring that enters electrical panels must have a minimum insulation rating that exceeds the voltage inside the panel In addition other regulations may app...

Page 9: ...or status mode the LED is on when contacts are closed In analog 4 20mA and 0 10V mode the led blinks quickly 2hz to indicate an over range alarm error In 4 20mA mode when the input current is less th...

Page 10: ...omputer such as a laptop primary connection will be dialin or dialout by modem You will need the following information from your network administrator The addresses will be in the form of where refers...

Page 11: ...ct to allow the AcquiSuite to reboot Once the AcquiSuite has rebooted the new IP address will be displayed on the console If DHCP addressing was specified the server assigned address will be displayed...

Page 12: ...utton B In the network setup dialog there should be a list of items including adapters clients and protocols Locate the item labeled Internet Protocol TCP IP Note If you have multiple ethernet cards y...

Page 13: ...g or pulse input These include the 4 20mA device scale multipliers and engineering units Each 4 20mA or 0 10Vsensor should be supplied with technical information including the low and high range value...

Page 14: ...each Modbus Modbus Device List The AcquiSuite automatically searches for Modbus devices on the RS485 serial loop The Modbus Device List page will show a listing of all the currently detected or confi...

Page 15: ...l number and firmware version when available for all devices in the Modbus device list Show stats show packet counters for all devices in the device list These include Sent Total number of packets sen...

Page 16: ...AcquiSuite will log data for it Low Alarm High Alarm Specify a threshold for the alarm If the data point is recorded below the Low Alarm or above the High Alarm levels at the time a log entry is take...

Page 17: ...fault TCP port is 502 on most gateways For local Modbus devices attached to the AcquiSuite RS485 port use 502 Device Name You must provide a name for the Modbus device to identify it in the device lis...

Page 18: ...level fields will allow editing Type in a name for the device in the space provided at the top of the page The name should describe the purpose or location of the IO module For device 250 you may wan...

Page 19: ...ck the console check box for any data points that should be displayed on the LCD console 6 Click the Advanced button in the lower right corner of the page For the A8812 onboard IO there are several op...

Page 20: ...t of the hour For example if the log period is 15 minutes log readings will be taken at 0 15 30 and 45 minutes past the hour The log period is not calculated based on 15 minutes after the last reading...

Page 21: ...result of that query Full Debug Complete listing of all queries including hex dumps of all data sent received Search for Modbus RS485 Devices This option allows the AcquiSuite to search for Modbus de...

Page 22: ...quiSuite Data is received and uniquely identified by the sensor s serial number Each sensor may be given a name and some have additional options to configure such as input value scaling ModHopper Map...

Page 23: ...NS server provided by your dialup isp If you only use the AcquiSuite on a crossover cable and or dialin mode you should leave these blank DHCP enable disable If you LAN has a DHCP server you may enabl...

Page 24: ...l allow the system debug log to show a complete report of the PPP connection status This will include the PPP session negotiation for an IP address and other connection parameters You must click the s...

Page 25: ...firm a modem answers the phone If so hangup attach the AcquiSuite to the phone line and proceed to the next step Step 3 Select the Network PPP0 ModemSetup option from the AcquiSuite configuration webp...

Page 26: ...m any generic PPP system including MacOS Linux Windows 9x XP and 2000 The dialin feature is disabled by default and must be enabled from LCD console or the dialin options menu in order to receive call...

Page 27: ...cted preceded by windows hanging up promptly after connecting to the AcquiSuite If that is the case a slight delay in the dial process for windows will correct the problem Adding this delay in a dial...

Page 28: ...ons Date time in UTC and Local time Date time dropdown menus to select the current Local time manually Timezone a drop down list of the supported timezones Time sync protocol Select NTP or Rdate Most...

Page 29: ...all the returned timestamps to local time before drawing the graph This is useful if you do not have detailed control over the graph legend drawing process This technique will not properly graph acros...

Page 30: ...o do some basic network tests These are as follows Ping send an echo request to the specified host Traceroute Send an echo request to the target address and attempt to locate every router in between t...

Page 31: ...s shown on the console the menu button will change the menu option and the select button will take action on the currently displayed option Some options provide sub menus others allow you to edit the...

Page 32: ...ex io inputs This module shows up in the modbus listing as device 250 and is counted in the number of devices OK or New Ie if you have 1 AcquiSuite A8812 with a single modbus power meter the device co...

Page 33: ...range alarm for data point 2 The third column shows point 1 as invalid and the fourth line shows the Modbus device is not responding Notice the following columns are shown 1 Date Time in UTC GMT time...

Page 34: ...the configuration file 193 Modbus device s serial number changed could be two devices with the same Modbus address Low High Range Alarms This number is a hex representation showing which data points...

Page 35: ...important to have a descriptive name in this field Step 2 Select the Log File Data Setup Upload menu option The following features are available AcquiSuite Serial Number This is the serial number that...

Page 36: ...quiSuite uploads data to a database webserver push HTTP Direct from the AcquiSuite The AcquiSuite has the ability to export log file data to a web browser directly from the setup web pages To use this...

Page 37: ...DL to delete log files from the flash memory With EnertraxDL simply check the setup checkbox to delete log data after download For FTP the process is essentially the same process as the manual FTP da...

Page 38: ...on of custom web pages Further examples of XML and its uses are available on the Obvius website in the Documentation Technotes section Page 38 A8812 AcquiSuite Data Acquisition Server Shop for Power M...

Page 39: ...5 clearance Two 1 2 holes are provided in the bottom of the AcquiSuite for wiring purposes The AcquiSuite has 4 mounting holes for use with a 6 or 8 screw The drawing above shows the relative position...